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Post by inger on Oct 26, 2017 21:30:26 GMT -5
Treasure those memories, sierchio. You miss him, which means you knew and loved him. You still love him. I, on the other hand, was just mentioning to my older brother tonight on the phone that the ONLY memory I have of my grandparents is when my father got ill and could no longer make a 2.5 drive to Burtonsville, MD to put flowers on his mother's grave, so I took over doing it for about 3-4 years. I still did it for a couple of years after dad passed away, and then one year I missed going for whatever reason. I got back into the swing the following year, but it finally just became something I lost interest in doing. It was my only contact ever with granddmom, and I have no idea where granddad was buried...That's what really can suck about divorce, especially for young children...And especially when hate is so strong between the parents that there can be no contact between parent and child... So, I guess I'm saying that it's wonderful to be able to say you miss him. We can all become maudlin and sorry about things. It takes a little more work to see the brighter side... You're absolutely right inger. I'm very fortunate to have such awesome grandparents. My parents split right after I was born and I lived with my grandparents during my childhood (and right now I'm living with my grandma after my little vacation) My Grandpa was an amazing man. Crazy thing is that I'm grateful that I went to Grandmom Stimpson's grave. And it's just a grave, but it's all I have of my father's family. Even when dad died and three of his four brothers came to the services, they pretty much ignored me because they remembered my older brothers...and had never met me, while dad spent many years denying I was his son... Families are wonderful and cruel at the same time. That's okay. I think that's just what we need to learn to deal with the world once we mature and get out on our own. To much cruelty and we're doomed. Too much love and kindness, and we're doomed. We need the right mix to prepare us... |
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Post by sierchio on Oct 27, 2017 16:36:26 GMT -5
You're a very wise man inger. Between your wisdom and your humor, I'd say you did quite alrigbt
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Post by inger on Oct 28, 2017 0:28:29 GMT -5
You're a very wise man inger. Between your wisdom and your humor, I'd say you did quite alrigbt I'm a plain and simple man, partly by design and partly by fate...I've played on small fields and large, in good and bad times and I've always struggled but found a way to see the humor in my existence. Never take yourself too seriously...in the end, when they look inside of us, we all come down to the same little ball of goo... |
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