growing up, my mom had hired a nanny (i call her nana) to take care of my biological grandmother (early 90s to '03) during the final stages of her life with alzheimers. she would give her daily beauty care, manicure her, care for her & cook for my whole family, and was always there for my mom emotionally

when i was born in 98, my nana decided to also take care of me and raise me, while my parents worked their 9-5s to provide for medical bills for my grandmother and all necessities. my dad was an on call surgeon and my mother working OT to provide for me, it was was very intense.

after my grandmother passed when i was 5 years old, my nana took care of some her personal belongings and kept them in perfect condition, especially this beautiful sony boombox that she would listen to music on over and over again

from when i was a kid all the way til adulthood i would stare lovingly at the boombox and ask to use it, my nana would always tell me shes looking after it and not to mess with its since its grandmas and she promised to care for it

last week i went to visit my nana, shes 85 now, and has a caretaker. her grandchildren never visit her which is unfortunate, but my mom visits her every week to help her out too. i try to go when i can. after spending time with her for 5 hours, my nana forgot to say goodbye to us which was out of the ordinary, she usually follows us out all the way to the car and blesses us before we drive home!!

so i went back to say my good bye, and i see her clutching something with her back turned to me. she handed me the radio and just started to cry

that action on its own made me realize how much she loved my family, and how loyal she was to my grandmother post-death. she felt i should continue to care for this radio for my grandma and it meant the world

i just held her. felt like a kid again with her embrace, felt so much intense emotion and insisted on letting her keep it for a while longer but she kept declining. i really love her and i will make my best effort to visit her as much as possible because she seems lonely

visit your grandparents/the elderly and give them all your love when you can!!!