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Post by Hildor on Nov 30, 2008 19:13:34 GMT
Thanks a lot for the kind words, guys. They really do mean something to me.
Today I went to see his house. The house where I spent a lot of good moments as a child and as a "grown up child". And after that I went to see his body, for one last time. Those two things finally made me realise that he's actually passed away. I'll never hear his kind voice gain. Never laugh with the jokes that he made once in a while. Never hear him whistle again. Never see him walking in that way he always did with his walking cane. I will never eat that delicious turkey at christmas in his house again. But I will forever relive those things in memory (okay here come the [Censored]ing tears).
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Post by LaFille on Dec 2, 2008 3:32:11 GMT
Yeah, and those memories will keep him alive some way. You are lucky to have known your grandfather well; he looks like he was sympathetic, too. I only remember meeting one of my grandfathers once, and the other I saw a few times per year but... I remember him as having a little of a grinch personality; I don't really imagine him well whistling. ;D
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Post by Galadriel on Dec 2, 2008 14:28:37 GMT
In a way, I think we all remember our grandparents differently then our parents do. For us kids, grandparents were the ones you would go to on holiday, they bought you nice gifts for your birthday (mostly the things we wanted) played with us, went to places our parents didn't go and do lots of fun things with us. Of course, our parents have to work, some are on a tight budget or have too many troubles to care about to enjoy their kids. Grandparents are on their pension, happy to see their grandchildren a few times in a year and have plenty of time to spend with the kids. I remember both my grandfathers, one looked just like Louis Defunes and the other one looked like Ben Kingsly in Gandhi when he was young, as funny, joking and playful men. But my parents had to live with them as their fathers and it wasn't all fun and joy back then...
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Post by Hildor on Dec 3, 2008 20:59:04 GMT
Today was his funeral. Just wanted to let you know the last lines of my last post here were used on the remembrance card (don't know what it's actually called in english), translated to dutch ofcourse. When I made that post I thought I had realised that my grandfather actually died. But it's only after his funeral today that I actually feel the pain and that I fully understand that he's gone. A week has passed since I heard of his death, and there wasn't a single tear. But now, here they are...
I wanted to say thank you again for those kind words. Reading those things that people write and also seeing alot of people in the church for the funeral really helps a lot.
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Post by Galadriel on Dec 4, 2008 14:14:21 GMT
Today was his funeral. Just wanted to let you know the last lines of my last post here were used on the remembrance card (don't know what it's actually called in english), translated to dutch ofcourse. When I made that post I thought I had realised that my grandfather actually died. But it's only after his funeral today that I actually feel the pain and that I fully understand that he's gone. A week has passed since I heard of his death, and there wasn't a single tear. But now, here they are... I wanted to say thank you again for those kind words. Reading those things that people write and also seeing alot of people in the church for the funeral really helps a lot.
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