jad0110
Member
fiVe,
You and your family have my condolences and my prayers.
My grandfather on my father's side was always someone I looked up to when I was a kid (they lived next door to us). He always smiled and was always happy. Generous and kind, he loved children, especially my sister and I. He was a role model to me. When I got married over 6 years ago in a simple ceremony planned in less than 3 weeks, he and my grandmother were unable to attend my wedding on such short notice. Though my wife and I had been friends since the 8th grade, my grandfather and her had never met. After we married, we planned to travel to Alabama from NC for her to meet him and my grandmother. It was too late, as he suffered a massive heart attack while pulling away from his driveway - he was on his way to pick up his wife from her bus trip to the casinos in Biloxi. She later said that when he did not show up that she just knew. A friend took her home, and the whole way her eyes scanned the ditches for his car. Not 50 from their home, there it was resting against a tree. An AL state trooper was already there.
I've regretted my wife not meeting him ever since, it pains me to this day.
But I've found comfort and solace in the knowledge that she will meet him one day, and maybe I'll get to go fishing with him again. Rest assured you will be reunited again with your father one day, far off in the future of course.
You and your family have my condolences and my prayers.
My grandfather on my father's side was always someone I looked up to when I was a kid (they lived next door to us). He always smiled and was always happy. Generous and kind, he loved children, especially my sister and I. He was a role model to me. When I got married over 6 years ago in a simple ceremony planned in less than 3 weeks, he and my grandmother were unable to attend my wedding on such short notice. Though my wife and I had been friends since the 8th grade, my grandfather and her had never met. After we married, we planned to travel to Alabama from NC for her to meet him and my grandmother. It was too late, as he suffered a massive heart attack while pulling away from his driveway - he was on his way to pick up his wife from her bus trip to the casinos in Biloxi. She later said that when he did not show up that she just knew. A friend took her home, and the whole way her eyes scanned the ditches for his car. Not 50 from their home, there it was resting against a tree. An AL state trooper was already there.
I've regretted my wife not meeting him ever since, it pains me to this day.
But I've found comfort and solace in the knowledge that she will meet him one day, and maybe I'll get to go fishing with him again. Rest assured you will be reunited again with your father one day, far off in the future of course.