re: Why is the Grandfather-grandson relationship so special?

This is something I’ve missed out on, unfortunately.

My maternal grandfather passed away when I was four months old. By all accounts he was a hell of a guy, played football at CU Boulder, was in the Air Force in WWII, and was my dads role model when my parents were younger.

Paternal grandfather passed when I was 5 or 6, and there’s only two times that I can recall meeting him. Barely know what he looked like, the only picture I have is one of him with Stan Musial at a Cubs-Cardinals game way back when he was the comptroller for WGN.

My dads stepfather is still alive, but he lives in Florida and I haven’t seen him in probably 15 years. My older siblings think of him as grandpa, but I don’t. They spent a lot of time with him when they were younger, but I never had that relationship.

Seeing my dad with the kids and how they revere him, I can tell it’s a special bond and it’s something I wish I could have had.