My dad made all his grandchildren, biological and step grandchildren, as well as his kids and step kids all feel special.Zaidy/papa got down on the floor to Ted and play with all the kids. A highly intelligent and academic genius, he was loved by do many.
Papa metany if my friends in LA and Israel. He also knew many friends from when he was Dean at YU.
I spent many single years visiting my dad and stepmom for Rosh Hashana, and then single, married, and as a mom at my stepmother's Pesach program.
Papa was Dean at Penn and gave me my diploma when I graduated. He also came to Canada from NY when I received my MA in education, with honors, and reading specialist credential from Cal State University Northside.
In addition to making us all feel loved,my dad took me and my siblings growing up to the Philadelphia symphony He would buy us hello with whipped cream, or strawberry shortcake. Intermission, my dad would buy junior mi ts and orange juice. We never had to stay through the whole concert.
I now love classical music, as do my kids. I am a voracious reader. Papa bought me a Kindle for an aliyah present. my dad knew what each child of his liked. He went with me to a museum, just me and him, to a concert and did the same for kids.y dad attended my daughter's piano recitals, talked science and gave my son dinosaur bones in a kit, played with my little one, and loved my husband like a son.
My dad talked music and halacha with my husband, spent time with us so much h that my kids and husband and miss him beyond words.
My brother, dad and I called each other always the same times. I miss you so much, papa. I just got new fish, which you also got us excited about.
I am glad most of the days you were in the hospital I visited you. I wish you were still here.
Tanya