Wow! I have been following your blog for sometime now and I really enjoy it! It remains one of the few blogs I follow regularly for inspiration and information! I am especially touched by your sincerity and honestly in what you write. I had a grandfather who I absolutely adored who was very much like your grandfather. Reading your entry today really tugged at my heart as my grandfather has been gone now for nearly 30 years and I still miss his kind, gentle giving heart. As I grow older (I am 54 now), I am observing more closely the aging process and see the vast difference in how some people age versus others. My parents who are 87 and 88 have aged about as poorly as two people can possibly age. They are physically and emotionally restricted. I have been their out-patient caregiver for more than twenty years defining the new "sandwich generation" where we are raising our own children and taking care of our parents who are now becoming "child-like". It has been a very long hard journey, however, I am grateful that I can look at it from a learning experience standpoint. They are truly innocent victims of the current prescription addiction mentality that our current mainstream medical system advocates where it becomes an out-patient life support system rather than an empowering life enriching program. Managing two decades of numerous downswings of not one, but two poorly aging adults has taken its toll in so many areas of mine and my siblings lives. In retrospect I really should have been blogging about it because I have many many stories (none of them good) to share about the aging process. I have seen more than any one person ever should. The reason I am telling you all this is to reinforce your appreciation for how lucky you are to be around someone who is aging so beautifully, who is still engaged mentally and who still has so much to give! This is very rare! There are a lot of people like myself who would give anything to have a parent, let alone a grandparent like that in their lives!!!! I was very lucky to have had the grandparent (like yours) that I did have. I am who I am because of his example of how he lived his life! I want to come to your grandfather's 101st birthday! Keep blogging..... you have such a gift for writing!!,
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