Friday, May 08, 2009

My Great Granpda J


He was a big man. And when I say big, I mean huge. Hugely tall, huge hands, huge body, but most importantly he had a huge heart. He loved to hang out with me. He took me for walks, I sat on his lap and watched baseball and rodeo on TV. I loved to run around his house and he would laugh at me. We had great conversations in the middle of the night, just when I needed someone to talk to. And he always had tears in his eyes when it was time for me to go home. He was my great-grandpa, and he went to Heaven yesterday. I will miss him, but I am so happy of the time we had, and I am so proud to have known him and to call him Grandpa.

Love, HAJ

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

What a beautiful tribute post, Henry/Nicki. I'm so sorry for your loss - and our hearts and prayers are with you. Love, Molly, Tom & Patrick

Disgruntled Princess said...

Extra hugs for everybody...sounds like a wonderful man/Grandpa and seems to me that lots of that must have rubbed off on all of you. loves...kk

gina said...

aw that was sweet. will miss seeing you this weekend. xoxox
g

Anonymous said...

Henry, I'm so sorry to hear about your Great Grandpa. It sounds like he was a wonderful man - which is no surprise as it clearly is running in the family. Big hugs to you and give your Daddy one from me too. Love to you all. And a Happy Mother's Day to your wonderful Mommy.

Nesa

GramaE said...

Dear Henry,

Tell your Daddy and his family we are so sorry that you lost your Great-Grampa J. With the help of your blog, may you have some memory of him that will stay with you forever.

Treasured in your heart,
Grama and Grampa E.

Anonymous said...

The reality of this is difficult but the great memories will live with you forever...We're thinking about you guys and miss ya. Give your mom,dad and fam a big squeeze for us bud....

JV&BV

Brooke a.k.a. 34B cup said...

Ditto to what JV we wrote. We love ya'll. A round of hugs from the Voss' fam.