I have been thinking how I can honor a man that would have done anything for anyone.. and usually did. I have decided to do a good deed everyday in his honor for a complete stranger.. today I seen the effects of that gesture. I bought a gift card at the grocery store and asked the cashier to give it to the next person she felt was having a tough day and explained my sadness and struggle with his death this last week and this was my way of trying to find my happy again. after she finished crying she gladly rang it up, gave me a hug and said my grandpa would be proud of me. That one gesture will bring happy to at least 3 of us today.
I knew quite understood why Gramps would do so much for people that seemed like they didn't appreciate anything. I now understand...
Thank you Grandpa for being you, I am eternally grateful that I learned compassion, empathy and your sense of doing the right thing for others.. I will not let that die with you, I will pass that down to my own children and teach them the value of those lessons.