I wanted to wait until my father had said something "publicly" on his blog. Last week his father, my grandfather, passed away, after a year of hospice. I loved my grandfather. It was not your traditional grandfather love. He was a very smart person and he was also sometimes a jerk.
It's all too fresh for me to know what I want to commit for all eternity in the big scream-o-sphere that is the internet. I think my father has written very beautifully and openly on his relationship and that will give you some ideas about his relationships with his grandchildren. As we were one generation removed we were far less exposed. The links are on the right of the blog.
For now I am going to leave it at: I loved him. He taught me a lot. He was the link to my grandmother, whom we all loved dearly and lost too soon, and who was in many ways his foil. I owe a lot to my grandfather, and I'm grateful he was who he was, or maybe my own father would have turned out differently and for all its ups and downs, I wouldn't have him any other way.
It's all too fresh for me to know what I want to commit for all eternity in the big scream-o-sphere that is the internet. I think my father has written very beautifully and openly on his relationship and that will give you some ideas about his relationships with his grandchildren. As we were one generation removed we were far less exposed. The links are on the right of the blog.
For now I am going to leave it at: I loved him. He taught me a lot. He was the link to my grandmother, whom we all loved dearly and lost too soon, and who was in many ways his foil. I owe a lot to my grandfather, and I'm grateful he was who he was, or maybe my own father would have turned out differently and for all its ups and downs, I wouldn't have him any other way.
4 comments:
There's not much to say, except that I'm thinking of you and your whole family.
I'm sorry, Alexis. I will hope that he is at peace and out of pain. Hospice is not a great quality of life. We are thinking of you. Try and remember the good, it was a long and full life. Hugs to all the Podolnys!
I'm sorry for your loss Alexis. Your father is coping very well it seems. My paternal grandfather died when I was 10, but I got to know my maternal grandfather a little better. You're fortunate to have gotten to know him as well as you did.
joe you are right. Part of me is mourning the passing of that generation. It is how I am trying to think now. We must enjoy the things we have. They end, we don't like to think about that but endings only coming because something beautiful and good started and persisted. You have to think about it that way.
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