Remember Family


Don't forget to pay attention to your family.

My wife's grandfather died a few days ago at 98 years of age. Or, years of youth. We were going to drive out to see him next week and show him his latest great-granddaughter (I think he now has something like 8 great-grandkids) and we're sad that he won't get to meet her.

He was awesome at pool. When we lived in Ohio we would drive up a few times a year to see him and my wife's uncle. We would play pool and he would usually beat us. I know geometry but I can't play pool. This guy was in his late 80's/early 90's and he was kickin' our butts at pool. We would win but I think he did that on purpose just to keep us playing. Like that would have stopped us.

This will be a busy week since we are also going to scatter my mom's ashes this weekend. We were going to do this first (it's also a family reunion for my side of the family) and then drive to Ohio but now we have to switch things. Which means a 12 hour drive to Ohio to get there on Thursday (the service is on Friday) followed by a 9 hour drive to Iowa that Friday (my mom's service is on Saturday).

*whew*

Again, don't forget your family. Make up if you're fighting. They won't be around forever and you just might miss them.

Posted: Wed - June 30, 2004 at 01:16 AM      


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