Tag: grandfather
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October 15, 2008 05:27 AM EDT --
My grandfather's funeral was Sunday. He was a remarkable man, and not just because he lived to be 103. He had a never ending quest for knowledge and loved to tell stories. I am forever . . . more
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October 14, 2008 04:46 PM EDT --
Yesterday was the kids were out of school but it was a teacher parent confrence day. When we saw my son's writing teacher she made a photo copy of a paper he wrote. He wrote a paper titled "My . . . more
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May 24, 2007 06:42 PM EDT --
How Do You Remember a Grandfather Long Gone?
By: Kathryn V. Wells
I can still see the last living memory of my grandfather. He was lying in that hospital bed, all skin and bone. . . . more
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February 12, 2007 06:50 AM EST --
When I was five, my grandfather was six feet tall, in a ten-gallon hat and spurs. He was a sheep man, a livestock broker. When the trains came in, he would go down to the livestock yard to see the sheep. . . . more
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March 26, 2008 12:03 PM EDT --
Some of you have asked for more details about me.
So let me take you back those years to the time when I was 8 and the day that I became a man four times in one day.
There's a place, about 100 . . . more
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September 19, 2008 02:09 PM EDT --
Two souls meet.
manifest themselves
in a new unity,
as universe was created
out of a big bang,
or as God said, let there be light and there was light
. . . more
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August 28, 2007 11:22 AM EDT --
My grampa died almost 15 years ago and to this day there is still an ache in my heart for him. He was the father figure in my life and I respected him so much. I wish he would have been alive to meet his . . . more
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February 29, 2008 10:09 AM EST --
If she were still living, Grandmother Clara would be thirty-three years old today. Wait, you say. How can that be? I, the granddaughter, am older than that. (But we won't go into my age.) Well, . . . more
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July 26, 2008 06:03 PM EDT --
so when i got home from work on friday.. which was about 6:30ish.. my mom told me that my grandfather had to take my grandmother to the hospital.. she first complained that her arm was numb.. & a couple . . . more
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December 08, 2007 04:03 PM EST --
He died last night....I don't know what else to say....thought I would let you guys know.
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October 13, 2007 02:55 PM EDT --
One evening, I went to the play room and told my 10 year old grandson, Turtle, to turn off the TV. It was time for him to go home. He loudly replied the show was almost over. I quickly went to the . . . more
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November 01, 2007 11:55 AM EDT --
My Grandfather came to this country in the early 1900's from the Philipines. He met and married my Grandmother an Irish Catholic. This was an unusual union to say the least. It didn't take long . . . more
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November 22, 2007 06:32 PM EST --
Thanksgiving is here. It has been a rough 24 hours. Up at 4:00am Wednesday, put 11 hours at work, picked up the grandkids, a call my brother was in the hospital, quickly over drove and . . . more
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September 23, 2007 06:54 PM EDT --
My grandfather (called Pop) was a stocky, short white man with gold wire rimeglasses Though he was in his 70's at the time, he had excellent hearing.
We like to throw coins behind him and ask what . . . more
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December 09, 2007 07:35 PM EST --
I have been on the phone with my mom twice...I want to get to my grandfathers funeral so bad. But she doesn't want me there. My Oma said she understood but that made me cry even more. I MISS HIM!!! . . . more
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April 24, 2007 12:15 PM EDT --
I have no idea where the heck to start, just that my phone rang at 6:50 AM thkis morning with Mom asking me to e-mail Uncle Jorn, and tell him that Morfar had died, because (as usual) she coudln't . . . more
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June 02, 2007 03:01 PM EDT --
My grandfather's love and encouragement helped to define the person that I am today. He taught me so many things growing up - things that at first might not have looked so important to me. . . . more
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September 05, 2007 05:55 PM EDT --
The old Jewish man was walking on the beach with his only grandson, when a giant wave crashes onshore, sweeping the boy out to sea. The man looks up to the heavens and says, "Oh Lord, this is my only . . . more
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September 25, 2007 08:42 PM EDT --
There I was arguing with my eight year old daughter.
"But Daddy, All I want for my birthday is a tattoo." she cried.
"No!". firmly I replied. " You are not going to mark up your . . . more
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October 01, 2008 11:07 AM EDT --
The Morton family sold Grandfather Mountain in NC to the state For 12 million dollars. I used to attend church at Holy Cross Episcopal Church in Valley Crucis, nc with the Mortons . . . more
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