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Yesterday afternoon I got the news that my grandfather passed away. He was having his swimming physical therapy and a heart attack took him. It may be a hidden blessing that Grammy is in the convalescent home and completely out of touch with reality - maybe it won't sink in for her.
I'm finding myself torn between pouring out words to try to describe him, and feeling that all words are inadequate. Instead I'll just try to describe a brief exchange which my brother and I had through e-mail just now....
I mentioned that I remembered Grampa making apple pie for breakfast.
Jimbalaya responded "I seem to recall having a lot of different pies, among them TM and TM."
Me: "TM and TM... damn, this is nagging at my mind and I can't remember. I know it's one of those really silly things he always got me on because I could never remember it!"
Jimba: "He had two kinds of pies: 'Tis Mince and 'Taint Mince. 'Course you could easily tell them apart cuz (cut into the tops) they were clearly indicated with their respective acronyms: TM & TM."
Does every Grampa have jokes like this? :)
I think I'll make this an entry unto itself, and start another entry to talk about the rest of my day yesterday. It seems wrong that yesterday had so much in it.
I'm finding myself torn between pouring out words to try to describe him, and feeling that all words are inadequate. Instead I'll just try to describe a brief exchange which my brother and I had through e-mail just now....
I mentioned that I remembered Grampa making apple pie for breakfast.
Jimbalaya responded "I seem to recall having a lot of different pies, among them TM and TM."
Me: "TM and TM... damn, this is nagging at my mind and I can't remember. I know it's one of those really silly things he always got me on because I could never remember it!"
Jimba: "He had two kinds of pies: 'Tis Mince and 'Taint Mince. 'Course you could easily tell them apart cuz (cut into the tops) they were clearly indicated with their respective acronyms: TM & TM."
Does every Grampa have jokes like this? :)
I think I'll make this an entry unto itself, and start another entry to talk about the rest of my day yesterday. It seems wrong that yesterday had so much in it.