My grandmother, my dad’s mom, passed away this morning around 3am. She’s gone through several health struggles in the past couple months with to hip injuries back-to-back and finally catching pneumonia while still attempting to recover from surgery.

It was four years ago this month that I took grandpa and grandma Sawyer to Hawaii (how time flies), but today she’s in a place far more beautiful.

I’m flying out to New York this afternoon for the funeral, and sadly I have to leave Kate behind (she’s got work and a baby shower).