I remember all the time that poppy and i used to spend together. You know when your young, and look up to someone like i did him, you never think that anything bad is ever going to happen. And then BAM just like that they are taken away from u. I spent most of my time with my poppy. There wasnt any place that he went that i didnt go to. From our fishing trips, to the trips to gardners to get ice cream, heck i even enjoyed going to the laundry mat with him, if that meant i got to spend time with him. On my vacations from school id spend all my time with him, so on a nightly basis we would just get in the car, and drive around until it got dark out. He would take me up past roads where he had all his child hood memories, and sometimes we would just sit there in silence as hed reminise on all those memories. I used to love listening to all his stories he had, about when he joined the army, and when he was young. There was this red wagon that i had when i was younger, id get in the wagon, and god bless his heart, hed pull me in it as we took a walk around the block, as he liked to call it. And all the horse wagon rides we used to take!!! I never thought id ever lose him, at least the way that i did. Watching one of the strongest men you have ever known waste away to just nothing, is one of the worst things that you can go through. SO i know the decision that my family made, was the right one, and the one thought tht sticks in my head, to this day, is the day that we lost him. That day is forever burned into my memory,at one point it was just myself in the room with him, i was sittin with him, just holding his hand, and he just kinda opened his eyes for that split second, and it was like he was telling me im going to be ok, and u dont have to be sad anymore. I think that was when it finaly sank in that the man i had loved since i was a baby, was gone, and all that remained was an empty shell of the person that he used to be. I know my grandfather wouldnt have wanted to live the way he did after he got sick, he made that abundantly clear on a daily basis. And any of you who know him, know how stubborn that man could be. I know hes in a much better place now, tipping a few back with all his old buddies, and sitting back and doing some fishing, we cant forget the races now, he gets a front row seat to the show. I still miss him everyday, and probably always will, but i take comfort in knowing that god took one of the best that day, and now we will all have a guardian angel looking over us, and keeping us safe!!! I love u poppy!!! Forever and Always!!!

Love,
Meagan