chapter 7 response

A time in my life when I felt a sence of loss was last year in January when my grandfather died. I was very close with him and saw him at least 1 time every week. On sundays when I went to church with my family him and my grandmother would always come too. And afterwards we would go out to breakfast with them. He would always tell good jokes and was able to make us all laugh no matter what. And even if he was feeling his worst, and when he was in the hospital sick, when asked how he was he would respond, "Wonderful." and say it with a smile. One day when i came home from school my mom was standing in the hall with a nervous look on her face and I knew what was coming. She told me that my grandfater had died. I delt with it by just going into my room and locking the door. I dont like to talk about things when im upset so i just stayed in there in lisened to my ipod for hours. I handle alot of my problems by just being alone. I think this expierence is similar to Gerald's because he lost a loved one who was very close to him and so did I. The two are also different because Gerald went with his aunt because of an abuseive relationship with his parents, and did not have that many people who loved him in his life and I have my family as support when ever i need it.