MY GRANDAD!

(My Grandfather reading to me, 1976?)

I HAD BEEN REMINDED THAT 14 YEARS AGO TODAY,

MY GRANDFATHER PASSED AWAY...

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I THINK ABOUT HIM EVERYDAY DUE TO

THE FACT THAT I INHERITED HIS 1965 FORD MUSTANG

AS WELL AS HAVING SOME HANDMADE ITEMS HE DID

AROUND MY HOUSE. I THINK ABOUT ALL THE GOOD

TIMES WE HAD, THE DISCIPLINE HE INSTILLED IN

MY HEAD (FOR HE WAS A MILTARY MAN) AS WELL

AS HIS LOVE OF MODEL TRAINS!

EVERY TIME I HEAR A TRAIN, I THINK OF HIM.

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IT WAS THE 2ND MOST PAINFUL DAY IN MY LIFE, LOSING SOMEONE

I ADMIRED NOT ONLY AS A GRANDPARENT, BUT AS A FRIEND.

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HOPE YOU'RE OKAY GRANDAD! I MISS YA!