Mar 29, 2005 23:35
My grandfather passed away last night, well what was 11pm to my family, but 6am, Iran's time. :(
He's in a much better place than he was here. He was such an amazing person, he was over 100 years old, we've figured probably 110 years old. I do not want to live that long, only if I knew I would be as good a person as he always was. And I don't say that lightly, he was such a simple person, not greedy, not part of the things around him, he just wanted to live a good life and I think he really did. I'm happy he's not suffering anymore, its incredible, he had prostate cancer for over 40 years, and it didn't really start to give him problems until that last 5 years. God love him. A truly amazing man, and totally adorable, I don't know if he was even 5 feet.
I'm just worried about my dad, he's already started telling me and my family about things he wishes he had or hadn't done because his father wanted it. My grandmother died in the 70s, I never met her, and that was really hard on my dad considering he was a momma's-boy especially, and he is honestly a total copy of his father, just taller. I haven't seen my grandfather since 1994, I wish I could have seen him again, but everything happens for a reason.
My dad might go to Iran, hes not sure, either way. I just hope hes okay.
for an old man even in 1994, he gave the "worst/best" hugs, i thought i was gonna die, he's perhaps the only man who in his nineties still had a six pack and a grip that could kill... he walked really fast, too. i'd walk around the neighborhood with him so he wouldn't get lost, when he came to visit, and he walked so fast, it drove me nuts, i felt like such a lazy ass, too.
wow i miss him a lot.
love you all, sad
(my nick name finally does relate to my feelings)