This post will be for me and my brothers, I just wanted to reminisce for a little while today...
Grandpa- Irwin Hames
- "safety first"
- "be a Strub, not a stup"
- wanted to provide and care for us
- had a bike shop in his backyard
- loved Darby's later called New Yorker
- was tall and lean (how tall was he?)
- had grey hair neatly combed
- had grey hair Einstein style after working in the yard
- He wore suspenders later in his life
- Had a parakeet named "money bags"
- drove a green vw bug
- would honk (beep, beep, beep, beep, beep) as he rounded the corner to our childhood home
- loved thrift stores
- took us on dates to McDonalds- "eat'm in twos" - with an apple pie for dessert
- took us to the library
- we loved to go to grandpa's house
- always had ice cream in the freezer
- "chew your food"
- lectures
- sat in his chair at his kitchen table to relax
- used to rain money (change) for us to collect
- always saved his change for us- dis pursed in a family ritual- we kids used it at Christmas to buy gifts- we thought we were rich
- collected (everything)
- State Avenue
- trips to Dairy queen riding double on banana seats
- the granny 3 wheeler that didn't last
- Inspection time
- Kitchen table gatherings
- Darby's/ New Yorker Dates
- "I don't want her germs"
- Friday nights watching Dallas at Grandpa's
- "Let's stop by Grandpa's"
- VW repair shop
- Grandpa Pumba
- "miracle's never cease- green light on Grand Ave."
- "drink more water, and shwiggle it around your mouth"
There are so many more- I smile just thinking of these. He was the closest Grandparent I had- I think losing your people is that saddest part of growing older.
I'm comforted knowing in Heaven there is no pain- and I will see him again...
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