Comments on: kinship

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:10:39 +0000

Bon you captured it perfectly… Grandpa is still so full of life and stuck with the body that won’t let him live it anymore…this man taught me the scardy cat to ski, he taught my sons to kneeboard and ski…I’m so proud of him, as someone who never had a grandfather of my own, grandpa is something of a category of his own, thanks for sharing him with the world

By: mo-wo

mo-wo — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:37:48 +0000

A dear grandpa is a blessing and a half.

Feel my envy.

By: crazymumma

crazymumma — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:05:17 +0000

I bet that was so nice for him.

By: thordora

thordora — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:16:22 +0000

I love that as I grow older, the hours and years between the people I love cease to matter.

By: mimi

mimi — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:02:28 +0000

I think this is a lovely portrait; I can understand why you got ‘cigar smoke’ in your eyes. It’s good that you can feel useful, simply by sitting and being. I’m sure you’re good for each other.

By: slouching mom

slouching mom — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:15:15 +0000

i never had a grandfather to hang with. one was not in the picture, and the other died when i was three.

this post makes me miss what i never knew to miss.

By: Aliki

Aliki — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:08:35 +0000

I don’t have a grandad left, but this made me sad for my grandmother.

Beautiful…what a character portrait you painted.

By: Ally

Ally — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:23:13 +0000

I agree with Cinnamon Gurl, are you not capable of writing a crappy post? Ever? This one knocked my socks OFF! Loved it. Every morsel.

To get a sunburn while on bedrest… that’s some sort of blessing, for sure.

By: tash

tash — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:08:14 +0000

Our grandfathers would probably rip each other to pieces in their similar feisty crotchety-ness. Except mine is legally blind, which doesn’t stop him from golfing or drinking scotch or going to Alaska for two weeks every summer to hang with kids younger than me who lead him on hikes. He’s also “slowing down,” in fact next week at 91, he’s finally having the slow-growing cancerous tumor removed that they discovered at 80 and thought would outlive him. They’re certainly inspiration on days I feel like I can’t possibly get off the couch. Usually he’ll call to say he just hedged his driveway, by himself, blind and all. Sigh.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:51:51 +0000

This made me tremble and tear. How lucky you are to have so vital a man by your side, still. And I’m sorry that you two have to rest, but oh, how lovely to rest together, right?

My grandmother declined sharply after breaking her hip a few years back. Dementia set in, and now she’s in a home. I just recently visited her, and she smiled at me and touched my hair, but could not say my name.

Okay, now I’m officially crying.