Though she had been in a coma（昏迷）for nearly six months, it was still a  1   when my grandmother passed away．I was not yet thirteen when she  2  ．I'd understood that death awaited her, but in those first moments of knowing, I could not  3  that "eventually" had finally come to pass．

　　Friends came to the funeral home to pay their last respects to my grandmother and to show their support for my mother．Not  4  where to be or what to do, I stayed off to the side．The  5  finally ended with the arrival of my friend Kelly．

　　Kelly and I had been friends ever since she was three and Four．We were “home" friends, the kind who rode bikes together after school, went  6  to a KFC a few blocks away, even though we weren't allowed to leave the block．

　　At the funeral home, Kelly came right to me．In her hands were two packages of M&M's．Kelly knew that was one of my  7  ．We had often taken long trips to the store for   8  ．We sat in the back, eating M&M's and talking quietly．A  9  experience had suddenly become easier to bear, with a childhood offering of chocolates and the  10    of a devoted friend．

　　Trying to come up with something to offer a heartbroken person is   11  ．Kelly had understood, even at twelve, that there wasn't much she could do to reduce my pain  12  be there with me and bring something that just might make me  13  ．

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