My grandpa died a little more than two years ago. When I got the phone call my reaction was one of resignation, which at the time I think I mistook for acceptance. He had been sick, which allegedly makes these sort of things easier. In reality, nothing is easy. This wasn't easy, hasn't been easy and likely won't ever be easy.
That's okay.
We talked about travel and England — of course about England. There was never a question of where he came from. While he may be the only Manchester boy who cared more about ice hockey than United, he was definitively English.