Well let me see if I can make some sense out of all those words swirling around inside my head. Grand Pa isn't my real Grand Pa, he died in 2003 when I was working at Tony's, but he has been in the family for 20 years and were as good a Grand Pa anyone would ever want.
He was a grand and proud man and well liked by everyone. Of course as he got older his hearing got worse and large crowds confused him because he couldn't make out the different voices so it was all just a big buzz for him, but 3-5 people of if you had him alone, then he really bloomed and he could tell all sorts of stories and had a fantastic sense of humor, but if you only met him on the crowdy days then you would never experience how much he contained.
He has been ill for months but refused to go to the doc and we just had to accept that, he would have it no other way. About 3-4 weeks ago he finally accepted to have a doc come see him and he was omitted (that the right word?) to the hospital right away and thats where he has been since then.
I am not very good with hospitals but I knew it was close so my mom and I drove up there to visit him, and the man I saw, ooh boy, don't know how to explain it, he didn't look the same at all, but just seeing the smile on his face when he saw I was there to see him, that made it so worth it. He had totally accepted that it was soon his time and most of the family accepted that as well. His kidneys was almost totally gone so he was swelling up and his body was slowly poisoning itself and he slept in last night. Just got the message earlier.
He would have been 81 here in April so he had a long life and if you had asked him, he had a great life too. Even though we are only his step family, we took him in as real family and loved him as so, his only family is a son and a grand child. I just feel they grew old too fast, he and my Grand Ma has had a tough life in the last years and he was the one doing most of the stuff at home because Grand Ma can't do it herself. So now that he is gone we have to worry about her and it would be nice if we could get her moved up close to my mom, but she will hear nothing of that, she want to stay where she is, I just don't know how wise that is. I don't know but I fear I wont have her much longer either after this, he was her life and now that he is gone, she got nothing left. Of course she got the rest of the family but we all know that isnt the same, they lived together for 20 years and had their life and routines. Ooh well....
He will be missed, I know I already do.
He was a grand and proud man and well liked by everyone. Of course as he got older his hearing got worse and large crowds confused him because he couldn't make out the different voices so it was all just a big buzz for him, but 3-5 people of if you had him alone, then he really bloomed and he could tell all sorts of stories and had a fantastic sense of humor, but if you only met him on the crowdy days then you would never experience how much he contained.
He has been ill for months but refused to go to the doc and we just had to accept that, he would have it no other way. About 3-4 weeks ago he finally accepted to have a doc come see him and he was omitted (that the right word?) to the hospital right away and thats where he has been since then.
I am not very good with hospitals but I knew it was close so my mom and I drove up there to visit him, and the man I saw, ooh boy, don't know how to explain it, he didn't look the same at all, but just seeing the smile on his face when he saw I was there to see him, that made it so worth it. He had totally accepted that it was soon his time and most of the family accepted that as well. His kidneys was almost totally gone so he was swelling up and his body was slowly poisoning itself and he slept in last night. Just got the message earlier.
He would have been 81 here in April so he had a long life and if you had asked him, he had a great life too. Even though we are only his step family, we took him in as real family and loved him as so, his only family is a son and a grand child. I just feel they grew old too fast, he and my Grand Ma has had a tough life in the last years and he was the one doing most of the stuff at home because Grand Ma can't do it herself. So now that he is gone we have to worry about her and it would be nice if we could get her moved up close to my mom, but she will hear nothing of that, she want to stay where she is, I just don't know how wise that is. I don't know but I fear I wont have her much longer either after this, he was her life and now that he is gone, she got nothing left. Of course she got the rest of the family but we all know that isnt the same, they lived together for 20 years and had their life and routines. Ooh well....
He will be missed, I know I already do.
