tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835599980644205378.post5409043520981091800..comments2020-06-29T17:35:43.032-04:00Comments on Lisa Mac's musings: November 22, 1989Lisa MacCollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15365749282690793100noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835599980644205378.post-48353084459796764862010-01-14T08:53:37.865-05:002010-01-14T08:53:37.865-05:00I stumbled upon this in a google search. I was goo...I stumbled upon this in a google search. I was googling my birthdate. Beautifully written memoir though by the way.larahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13367904556279514708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835599980644205378.post-64689358623016668152008-11-23T16:12:00.000-05:002008-11-23T16:12:00.000-05:00Megan, I know what you mean about your children an...Megan, I know what you mean about your children and their grandfathers. Both my grandfathers died before I was born, so I never knew what I was missing, until I see my daughter with her paternal grandfather. I'm glad she has one, although my father would have adored her. He tried very hard to be a curmudgeon, and kids and animals figured him out in nanoseconds. He was "Grandpa Jack" to the kids in the neighbourhood where my parents lived, because he would sit daily in a chair on the front porch so he could smoke. The little children mourned him as much as the family did...and so did my Tortie cat who hated most of humanity except me...and my father and mother.Lisa MacCollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15365749282690793100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835599980644205378.post-9181758951405184772008-11-22T20:33:00.000-05:002008-11-22T20:33:00.000-05:00Thank you for expressing so beautifully what those...Thank you for expressing so beautifully what those of us who have lost our fathers feel. True friends truely do shine when tragedy strikes and I'm glad you had some to be with you. I find it difficult to know my children will never know the grandfather that brought so much into my life - but I too see his presence with them when I don't expect it. Take comfort in knowing he's with you and keep him alive through your memory. Know also, despite what some thoughtless and ignorant people may think, he was your father in every way that counted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com