So yesterday I was reminded of the fact that grandpa chu is no longer with us. I had realized that it was March 2nd and we hadn’t celebrated grandpa’s birthday the day before on the 1st. Growing up grandpa’s birthday marked the start of the birthday crazyness in my family. It was a two week period where grandpa, scott, grandma, sheldon, and me all had our birthdays (Also aunty donna was on the 28th but we generally didn’t celebrate that one). On top of that Jake also is at the end of march. By the time we were done with the birthday season we’d eaten so much cake no one wanted to eat cake again till the next year.
It’s sad that grandpa is no longer with us. I know the loss of a grandparent is something that most people have to deal with in their lives and I was blessed that grandpa was around for so much of my life. He really was my only grandpa since he was the only one I knew as grandpa camara passed a way when i was too young to remember him. I am glad I have all the memories that i do of the time i spent with my grandfather. My only regret is I didn’t talk to my grandfather as much as I should have after i went away to college. Looking back its amazing home much I learned from my grandfather and how much I hope to be like him when i get to that age. It’s his influence that is probably the result of why i have a hard time throwing away stuff if they could still be useful. Now I’m not as bad as grandpa was but he kept everything because he had a knack for finding uses for stuff well after they were normally broken.
The one thing that really stuck it in my mind that became very obvious at grandpa’s funeral services was that how well regarded he was and that he helped so many people. Many people spoke to me telling me how he was known for being the quiet guy that just got things done and was always there to lend a helping hand. It reminded me of so many little trips with grandpa where we would go over to someones house to help them with something or that we had to stop by someone’s place and drop off some fruit grandpa had grown. Of all the personality traits this is the one that i hope to have picked up from him.
