January 24, 2007
And I am off to visit my grandfather. He's sick again and it seems that the worst is expected. But then he looked a bit better than I was preparing myself for. Weak but stable, and certainly in good care.
He's a gentleman, through and through. There are a lot of wonderful men and women in my family, but it's he who has set the bar so high in my eyes. He's a hero for his accomplishments and he's a hero for his humility and kindness. I still learn about how to be a man when I watch him interact with strangers. Whether it's the Fox 17 news reporter who interviewed him a couple of years ago about his days piloting a B-24 bomber in WWII or the nurse who is asking him critical questions today about his health, he always exemplifies the best virtues of humankind.
Gracious, humble and polite, it doesn't seem to ever cross his mind to talk down to another human being. The kind nurse asks him yet another question and he answers, "Yes, ma'am" or "No, ma'am." Twenty hours in a railed hospital bed too short for his long, tall body, with every excuse for extreme grumpiness, and he's still the man I'm so proud to know.
6 comments:
So sorry to hear this, will be sending you all the good wishes I can possibly conjure up. Be well.
That is a wonderful photo. Will be thinking of you and your family.
~TUG
Again, I am sorry for your loss. In hopes that it was peaceful for him. And that he met Samantha Jane.
Thanks all. I appreciate your kind words.
My best,
Michael
I just read this, am so sorry for your loss.
Sorry to hear this about your Grandfather. Also sorry it took me until now to get here to read about it. He sounds like a real inspiration and a great mentor. Thanks for the get well wishes on my blog. I'm feeling much better and Aline never got too bad thank God. She must have caught it from me, but we got her on meds soon enough that it didn't really get her.
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