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    Walking down memory lane…

    May 14, 2015 - By 

    I don’t write a ton of personal stuff on here anymore, but I’d like to. Often I have all these thoughts and just can’t get them into coherent sentences. I’ve been feeling nostalgic lately. Today is always a day I really reminisce, because today is my Granddad’s birthday. He lost his battle with congestive heart failure in May 1999, so May is really a time he’s on my mind a lot. I’ll never forget the dreaded 2 a.m. phone call from my uncle. I listened to the answering machine just praying it was a wrong number only to hear my…

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    Happy Birthday, Granddad!

    May 14, 2010 - By 

    Today would have been my Granddad’s 86th birthday! May is such a difficult month for me for so many reason, which I won’t get into right now. One reason is this, that Granddad was born and passed in May. I have so many great pictures of him that are still left to scan, but here’s a few of him (in no order). Granddaddy at Christmas when my Dad was a teenager My Grandfather and me at Christmas Granddad dressed up in Mexican attire, not sure why Granddad and Me when I was expecting Drew Granddad, his sister, and Parents Me…

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    13 Things about my Granddad (TT #10)

    June 1, 2006 - By 

    Thirteen memories of Granddad! 1. Playing games with him 2. Going shopping with him 3. Taking the 6 hour drive to Texas Tech each year 4. Having to call and tell him I’d left Texas Tech and that I was in Alabama 5. Helping him organize the 19 pills he had to take after his open heart surgery while I was in high school 6. That he was always at my band performances and dance team events 7. How he taught me to save money 8. How he taught me to organized and keep good records 9. His love for…