re: Let's Talk About Grandfathers

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Summary: No matter what you believe about life, love the people around you. This game is short and the other players won't be around forever.

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I heard dat. My grand daddy lived til I was in college and my pawpaw lived until my kids were in high school. They both taught me about life and what a man should be just by their example.
Tonight I put my only granddaughter to bed (1 yo) and it was her first night without both her parents. I hope to create as many memories an I can with her.
I have one grandmother still alive (92) and I hope to learn more from her before it's too late.

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My father and grandmother passed away this summer. It feels kind of strange to suddenly have no elders in the family. I've got a grandson who lives in La, got to meet him for the first time at my Dads funeral.

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Agreed. We were lucky, my grandpa came up to visit us back in October of 2014 and meet his great grandson. He was only 6 months old at the time, so he obviously never remember it; but it was done more for him. We got a great picture on our porch of my son, me, my dad, and my grandpa. 4 generations in one pic is something I'll always cherish.

I don't have kids but I already know I'll probably hate hem. My future grandchildren though that's another story.

Have an upvote man, I lived with my grandparents when I was younger and my dad was doing multiple tours of duty. My grandpa was my male figure growing up. Some of my earliest memories are sitting in a duck blind with him and him bringing me to church then us going get ice cream. He is skinny as a rail and eats almost half a tub of ice cream a night haha. He loved baseball and him and my grandmas brother (his BIL) coached little league together for almost 30 years. Last Christmas he sat us all down and passed out some of his heirlooms. He gave me some of his medals from his time in the army and an old pocket watch with a duck blind on the face, he wanted to make sure everything stayed in the family. I brought the watch to the jeweler to be refurbished and engraved and when I told him why the story of why I was getting it done he told me no charge. There's lots of good in this world and he has said countless times there's much more good than bad and that's always stuck with me. I never saw him cry until that Christmas day. He just recently had 2 heart stints put in and I'm just not looking forward to the day I have to say my final goodbyes. Yall won't hear from me for like a solid 6 months as I'll be locked in a room somewhere. Family first, always and forever. We don't talk to my dad's side, only his stepdad is alive and he hates his guts.

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He loved baseball and him and my grandmas brother (his BIL) coached little league together for almost 30 years.

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Double post and don't care, a few years ago a bunch of the boys he coached growing up got together and had a lunch for both my gpa and his BIL. It was about 100 now grown men and a bunch stood up and talked about how they both taught them so many life lessons. Lots of tears were shed, i have never been more proud of a man in my life. It was an amazing day

Yeah. Don't look at it as a negative. Some of us grew up without any grandparents. Some without parents. Just appreciate that you did get to know more about him and yourself.

My mom's dad is the only human being that never disappointed me. Fro the longest, I thought I felt that way because he was my grandfather, but it wasn't just me. I've met several people that knew him who have told me how good a man he was to them. Some worked with and for him. Others were just friends.

He died in the early 70's when I was in junior high. Until I was the fourth grade, my mom's two sisters and their sons all lived in Vidalia. We had Christmas Eve at our house and he would hand out the "To: From:" presents to everyone.My dad started doing it after he was gone

I moved back to Louisiana from Dallas in 2011. In the time since then, I've have met a couple of people that told me stories about him.

I did see my mom get really mad at him once. She didn't like him letting me smoke one of his pipes when I was in second or third grade.

Still have my Dad's father. And his father, too.

All together we have five generations between my great grandpa (103) and my son (5).

We get a picture of all of us every time we are together basically. I can't wait until Christmas when I get to see them all again

Grandfathers are the best!
Keep a picture of maternal grandparents in my wallet. Never had a wallet size of paternal GPs.

Lost one when I was 19 and the other one at 22

Both served in WW2

Great men

RIP S and C