Grandpa
I now understand what people mean when they say a part of them has died. There are people in your life that love in you many different ways. Grandparents are in a category all to themselves. I have the usual appointed four loved ones, Granny Key, Grandpa Key(deceased in 97), and Granny Pitts and Grandpa Pitts. I grew up on 13 acres in Jefferson County with both sets of grandparents living on each side of me. I spent every afternoon, weekend and summer with Granny and Grandpa Pitts. Grandpa Key died in 1997 and of course I mourned his loss but the loss of Grandpa Pitts was different. Grandpa has been my best friend for as long as I can remember. Everyone loves you in their own way and the biggest part of my sorrow is this, I can never count on anyone to love me this much again. One week before he died, he had lost all of his expressions which caused him to look the same each day, no smiles were present. I told him I loved him and he found the strength to say, I love you too baby. No greater gift have I ever been given. I lost him on Christmas day after a horrendous battle with cancer but I was there with my parents, my grandmother and my brother and I held his hand while he took his last breath. He was a wonderful man, I can honestly tell you I never saw him utter an unkind word or show any temper. He was a wonderful christian by example, a hard worker that made it through hard times and served his country in the Navy, he was married 63 years to my grandmother. I pray that God gives me the strength to live in a world where I do not have his presence and love to shield me from the coldness of this world.
I now understand what people mean when they say a part of them has died. There are people in your life that love in you many different ways. Grandparents are in a category all to themselves. I have the usual appointed four loved ones, Granny Key, Grandpa Key(deceased in 97), and Granny Pitts and Grandpa Pitts. I grew up on 13 acres in Jefferson County with both sets of grandparents living on each side of me. I spent every afternoon, weekend and summer with Granny and Grandpa Pitts. Grandpa Key died in 1997 and of course I mourned his loss but the loss of Grandpa Pitts was different. Grandpa has been my best friend for as long as I can remember. Everyone loves you in their own way and the biggest part of my sorrow is this, I can never count on anyone to love me this much again. One week before he died, he had lost all of his expressions which caused him to look the same each day, no smiles were present. I told him I loved him and he found the strength to say, I love you too baby. No greater gift have I ever been given. I lost him on Christmas day after a horrendous battle with cancer but I was there with my parents, my grandmother and my brother and I held his hand while he took his last breath. He was a wonderful man, I can honestly tell you I never saw him utter an unkind word or show any temper. He was a wonderful christian by example, a hard worker that made it through hard times and served his country in the Navy, he was married 63 years to my grandmother. I pray that God gives me the strength to live in a world where I do not have his presence and love to shield me from the coldness of this world.
2 comments:
Hi Janice,
I was so sad to read this post, I know you are grieving. But how fortunate you were to know this man and have him with you from childhood to adulthood. He's still with you, just out of sight over your shoulder or in the next room.
Peggy
Peggy,
Thank you so much for your kind words. God Bless You.
Janice
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