Monday, October 11, 2010

Always Something There to Remind Me

nilla_wafer Not only a good 80’s song, but also relevant to my shopping experience yesterday.

There are some things that you just associate with people or places.  I was at the grocery store and decided to go down the snack aisle.  I needed snacks.  Every time I see the Nilla Wafers, I think of my Grandpa.  Yesterday, I had to give in and buy a box.  Yum.  Another thing that reminds me of Grandpa is angelfood cake.  He had a heart problems and I remember visiting him in the hospital.  They always gave him angelfood cake and if we were visiting, he shared it with us.  Sometimes he’d even save it just for us; he was a wonderful Grandpa.

angelfoodcake I recently wrote about the Grandpa chair that I am currently sitting in while typing this and remembering him sitting in the chair, my Dad (his son-in-law) pretending to sit on his lap.  I can hear his donkey-esque laugh and the punctuated way that he & Grandma said my Mom’s name.  I can’t hear his voice any longer, just the laugh and they way he said her name.  Makes me a little sad, but it has been almost 20 years since he went to Heaven; I think he’d forgive me that, he was, after all, a wonderful Grandpa!

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