Beautiful post, despite your pain and grief. Sounds like your waipo was a wonderful woman - she will always have a place in your heart. It's been 20 years for me since I lost my last grandparent - my grandfather who hung around long enough to find out (on his birthday) that his lastest great-grandson had just been born (my second son.) His spirit is still with me, I know - for sometimes I can smell his cigarettes burning. (His brand has a distinctive smell.)