Friday, October 15, 2010
Grandpa... I wish we could've been closer both in where we lived and in our relationship. You were a very respectable man and I always looked at you in a fond light. You were serious but silly at the same time. I have a lot of great memories of you. My favorite of which - and only my mom, dad and grandma really share this memory.. is what we call "the silk shirt incident." You and Grandma came down to visit us and we were going out to eat. We were all waiting in the van for you and it began raining. You stood on the porch gesturing "is it unlocked?" and my mom and grandma both were yelling for you to hurry because it was unlocked. You scurried out to the van, reached for the handle. You tried several times to open it but we didn't have it unlocked like we thought so you scurried back up onto the porch. Your freshly pressed silk shirt soaking wet. We all sat giggling at the sight of you running back and forth from the van. Your words were, "Let's just stay home and eat Spam." To this day we still talk about the silk shirt incident. Even though I didn't get to spend the time I would've liked to with you.. I love you dearly. I miss what time we could have spent together and cherish the times we did spend together. You were a good man. A man of honor, a humble man and a lovable man. But best of all - you're my grandpa. I am so thankful to have had you in my life and will miss you terribly. A great man has been taken from our family but I don't think you will ever be truly "gone." I think there's a little piece of you in all of us. I love you and I'm going to miss you. I just hope you know that I wish we could've spent more time together. I hope you will look over our family and protect us. I hope you can look over us and be proud. But mostly, I hope you're in a good place doing things that you love. I love you, I wish I didn't have to visit you like this... but I'm glad I will get to say goodbye.Grandpa, my mom loves you dearly and I hope you will comfort her any way you can this week. She's a strong woman - thanks to you - but I know she needs just a little extra strength. I love you. And I will miss you so much.
