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re: Let's Talk About Grandfathers
Posted on 11/27/15 at 12:08 am to AlbertMeansWell
Posted on 11/27/15 at 12:08 am to AlbertMeansWell
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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Posted on 11/27/15 at 12:21 am to AlbertMeansWell
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.
Posted on 11/27/15 at 12:35 am to AlbertMeansWell
I was not really close to my grandfathers. I really only knew one of my grandmothers. The other died when I was 3. I am very close to my grandchildren. I worry what my death will do to them. But the price of love is costly. The more you love the deeper the pain when you lose someone. I know the pain because I lost a father and a son. My heart is with you.
Posted on 11/27/15 at 12:57 am to AlbertMeansWell
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.
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.
Posted on 11/27/15 at 7:18 am to AlbertMeansWell
Not a day goes by when I don't think about my grandpa
Posted on 11/27/15 at 7:18 am to AlbertMeansWell
Grandfathers are the best! 
Keep a picture of maternal grandparents in my wallet. Never had a wallet size of paternal GPs.
Keep a picture of maternal grandparents in my wallet. Never had a wallet size of paternal GPs.
Posted on 11/27/15 at 8:25 am to AlbertMeansWell
both my Grandfathers had passed away prior to me being born. I've always thought what it would be like to have them.
Posted on 11/27/15 at 8:29 am to AlbertMeansWell
Lost one when I was 19 and the other one at 22
Both served in WW2
Great men
RIP S and C
Both served in WW2
Great men
RIP S and C
Posted on 11/27/15 at 8:36 am to AlbertMeansWell
Yesterday would have been my paw paw's 90th bday(he passed away 5 years ago). I still miss him and can't believe he's been gone so long now. My grandmother(his wife) died 2 years after he did, so now I have no living grandparents(my father's parents died when I was very young).
Hearing others talk about my grandparents after they both passed made me realize just how much I didn't know about them. I wish I would have asked more questions while they were alive about their youth. If you still have living grandparents....ask them questions. How did they meet? What were they doing when they were your age? I would bet they have fascinating stories to tell you....and would love to tell them to you.
Hearing others talk about my grandparents after they both passed made me realize just how much I didn't know about them. I wish I would have asked more questions while they were alive about their youth. If you still have living grandparents....ask them questions. How did they meet? What were they doing when they were your age? I would bet they have fascinating stories to tell you....and would love to tell them to you.
Posted on 11/27/15 at 8:59 am to AlbertMeansWell
My parents married very young (too young). One upside of that is that I had all 4 of my grandparents well into my mid 30's before any passed away.
They were instrumental in forming who I would become and what I value. As a grandparent today, I value those lessons even more because I know that my relationship with my grandsons can be very formative to them and their futures.
They were instrumental in forming who I would become and what I value. As a grandparent today, I value those lessons even more because I know that my relationship with my grandsons can be very formative to them and their futures.
Posted on 11/27/15 at 10:18 am to AlbertMeansWell
I'm a grandfather of a wonderful 1 1/2 year old grandson, I'm hoping to be a memory builder with him and the son-in-law. The memories of my gramps is cloudy, which makes me sad when I think of him....
Posted on 11/27/15 at 11:27 am to AlbertMeansWell
Never knew my grandfathers. My maternal grandfather died when my mother was 18 and my fraternal grandfather passed away when I was an infant. He held me when I was 20 days old, but he was blind.
I hate that I never knew them.
I hate that I never knew them.
Posted on 11/27/15 at 1:34 pm to AlbertMeansWell
I lost one in 89 and the other in October 2005 right after Katrina. One was a WWII vet and the other flew choppers in Korea and Vietnam. Men like them made america great. I don't know if they would recognize this current country.
Posted on 11/27/15 at 10:28 pm to AlbertMeansWell
My paternal grandfather, RIP, was my hero. He sold fruit to Clyde Barrow the day before he was shot and killed along with Bonnie Parker. He received a Purple Heart and several other awards for his service in WWII. He played football on the only undefeated team in Northwestern State history. He was a bad-arse, but was a very humble, gentle, loving man. He died in 2003, and I miss him every day.
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