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"Sweet Readers, here&amp;amp;#8217;s a big question to ponder this afternoon. Who is your rock in life? I&amp;amp;#8217;m talking about that special someone you can always depend on, the person who gives you the best advice, even when it&amp;amp;#8217;s not exactly what you want to hear. Those who know me well, and those who&amp;amp;#8217;ve known me for all of five minutes are well clued into the fact that my rock in life has always been my grandmother Judy. For my whole family, she represents the warmth, the center, the strength of our bond. This is one of my favorite wedding pictures; my grandma is second from the left in the adorable floral dress. We like to call this photo &amp;amp;#8220;Attack of the Brennans.&amp;amp;#8221; Unfortunately though, we Brennans lost our rock last month. My grandma passed away due to complications stemming from a rather serious infection. It was a devastating blow to us all, and if you noticed my writing seemed a little off in the past few weeks, you now know why. For a few days, I felt really lost. And there were a handful of painful moments when I caught myself starting to dial my grandma&amp;amp;#8217;s cell phone number to vent. I wouldn&amp;amp;#8217;t say I have a new pillar of strength just yet, but through this tragedy, my family has grown closer together. We&amp;amp;#8217;ve leaned on each other when the emotions grew too scary and wild to reign in. And more recently, we&amp;amp;#8217;ve started to smile and share happy memories of her life. Though I lost my official rock, I don&amp;amp;#8217;t feel alone anymore. I&amp;amp;#8217;ve started to notice the habits, facial features and quirks that different family members inherited from her; oddly, there&amp;amp;#8217;s quite a bit of solace looking at my two uncles whose hair is the exact same shade of red as hers. So while she&amp;amp;#8217;s gone, I&amp;amp;#8217;ve got quite a few little family pebbles here and there to keep me strong. Now that I&amp;amp;#8217;m feeling all sorts of opened up and emotional, I&amp;amp;#8217;d love to hear about your rock in life. Is there a special person or two who always gives you support? Maybe it&amp;amp;#8217;s a family member, a best friend or even your boyfriend? Perhaps it&amp;amp;#8217;s your grandmother? Whoever this person is, be sure to reach out and tell them how much he or she means to you today. P.S. We&amp;amp;#8217;re having memorial services this weekend so I&amp;amp;#8217;ll be taking a few days off to spend with family. See you all next week! A few more family-friendly stories&amp;amp;#133; * Who&amp;amp;#8217;s Getting Pregnant First, You or Your Sibling? * Grab the Tissues! This Story About a 27-Year Romance Will Make Your Heart Swell * Family Happiness: How Old Will You Be When You Become a Grandmother? What&amp;#x27;s With All the Spam in the Comments Section? Sick of all those annoying ads in the comments section lately? So are we! We police the site regularly and delete spam as soon as we can, but recently, the volume of spam has increased dramatically. We&amp;#x27;re working on a way to block them permanently, so please bear with us, and know that we&amp;#x27;re as eager as you are to get rid of these pests. Meanwhile, please continue to use the Report Abuse button to flag spam--it really does help!-- and continue to leave your brilliant feedback below. If you have any urgent questions about the spam, please contact us. And a special note to you, spammers; we officially declare you a major DON&amp;#x27;T. More Ways to Get Glamour Visit ShopGlamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter! Add us to your iGoogle homepage. Photo: Meg Perotti, Photographer"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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