I cannot offer you any more than empty words, reiterations of what has already been said, but that I will do.

I cannot say to have experienced what you describe - my bond with my grandparents is not close in the way that yours is - but can tell you, as others have, that death is the necessary and normal conclusion to life, and that you should not be afraid to face what everyone in your position has to.

No, it doesn't make it any easier. And nothing will make it any easier for some time to come. But in the end, after he has gone, you will, at least, have the memories of your relationship with your grandfather, memories that you so ovbiously cherish.

You cannot be him; a man can be but himself. But by living as he would have wanted you to, by acting according to the values he believed in, you can ensure that he lives on through you.

And when you sit down at night, or in the morning, he'll be with you in memories. You won't ever be alone. If you have children, you can pass the legacy along one more time, as it was passed on to you.

Your sadness is not something to be ashamed of, it is something to remember, and to treasure what it represents.

No one lives forever. That is life. It is into the future that you must look, to take yourself forward, but to never forget from whence and whomn you came.