Pop-Pop

Pop-Pop
Born - October, 1926

Died - February, 2009

We love this picture - it's from when Pop-Pop was living with us in September. He was happy then, free from the nursing home, eating well, laughing so hard that his teeth fell out (I don't know if you've ever seen someone laugh so hard that their teeth fell out, but if you haven't, you need to put it on one of those lists people make about things they want to do before they die). This picture (with our children not cropped out) is up on his board at the nursing home. Last week when we were there together my husband asked him, "Do you remember when we went out for ice cream and you ate both scoops of butter walnut?"

"No."

"No?"

"Are you hard of hearing? No."

"Don't you remember, Dad? We went and saw the goats and the cows and you ate 2 scoops of butter walnut ice cream. It was a beautiful day and the 3 kids were there, too. Look at the picture. You must remember."

Very casually, Pop-Pop looked at my husband and says, "I don't remember eating butter walnut ice cream . . . but I remember eating butter pecan ice cream."

That's Pop-Pop for you . . . in a nut shell . . . witty to the end . . . the last zing . . .

Peace.