I can't remember the age exactly but it had to be around 5 years old because my Pop had just died.
We were extremely close. I remember him always giving me cinnamon gum and in my teen years I tried several cinnamon gums to figure out which one and it was Dentyne! I remember the taste. I also remember sitting at his kitchen table eating Ritz Crackers with Parkay butter on them. To this day I still eat butter on crackers as a snack but now its saltines and Land of the Lakes! He would make vanilla pudding in a styrofoam hospital water jug...remember those! But what I remember most was being so sad when he died.
I was sitting on the back of the couch looking out the window in his house in Winfield, my Mom was there. I had his driver's license and I was crying. My Mom asked why and I said what if I forgot what he looked like and how I would never see him again! A 5 year old just doesn't understand and even 20 years later writing that brings tears to my eyes and a lump to my throat. I know that he would have been even a bigger influence in my life if he would have been able to be with me up until now.
I know one day that I will see him again and to this day....
I remember what he looked like...
without the driver's license.
As I read this blog entry, I too, have tears and a lump in my throat! He was a great man who loved you dearly and spent every spare minute with you! He would've been a great influence on you as you got older. It was a very traumatic time for you when he died, and I miss him dearly.
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