"To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die."
~Thomas Campbell
Well, at this rate, my grandpa will continue to live for awhile. So many great stories...memories...pictures...
Speaking of pictures, actually, my family and I nearly died laughing a few times at the ridiculousness captured on film. (Some negatives must be burned...) Oh the things that get buried away in boxes...
With his memorial and burial this weekend, it won't be easy to make it through without shedding a few tears - not that I will even try to stop them, by any means. But there's bound to be plenty of laughter too because, apparently, my grandpa did (and said) some pretty crazy things...in his own quiet way.
I realize how blessed I was to know him for over 25 years of my life (although, I guess my early childhood years don't really count - too early), but time never seems long enough when it comes to being with people you love. It makes me think of a song (most recently performed (to my knowledge) by Barbra Streisand - one of my grandpa's favorite artists) about love and how love supersedes time.
It's meant to be a love song, I know, but it fits for all relationships, I believe. (See for yourself - here are a few lines of the lyrics below.)
Speaking of pictures, actually, my family and I nearly died laughing a few times at the ridiculousness captured on film. (Some negatives must be burned...) Oh the things that get buried away in boxes...
With his memorial and burial this weekend, it won't be easy to make it through without shedding a few tears - not that I will even try to stop them, by any means. But there's bound to be plenty of laughter too because, apparently, my grandpa did (and said) some pretty crazy things...in his own quiet way.
I realize how blessed I was to know him for over 25 years of my life (although, I guess my early childhood years don't really count - too early), but time never seems long enough when it comes to being with people you love. It makes me think of a song (most recently performed (to my knowledge) by Barbra Streisand - one of my grandpa's favorite artists) about love and how love supersedes time.
It's meant to be a love song, I know, but it fits for all relationships, I believe. (See for yourself - here are a few lines of the lyrics below.)
It's not how long I held you in my arms
What matters is how sweet the years together
It's not how many summertimes we had to give to fall
The early morning smiles we tearfully recall
What matters most is that we loved at all...
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| *In loving memory: July 11, 1924 - December 2, 2011* |
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