Gramisms

My favorite uncle had a heart attack last week and he was too week to have surgery. He got so upset that he was going to die that he ripped out all of his leads and IV's. About five minutes later, he decided that he wanted them put back in since his father (my great grandfather) lived to be 94 years old. Unfortunately, he died later that night.

Uncle John is my maternal grandmother's older brother. He was such a cool guy. He drove truck for 50 years putting millions of miles on his semi's. He always wore a captain's hat because when he wasn't on the road, he was sailing. He was always nice to me and went out of his way for everyone. I will miss his hearty "Hullo".

On the way to the memorial service yesterday, my grandma starts in with her hilarious antics even though she was sad about losing her last brother. We were riding in the 2nd seat in her van. She turned to me and asked whether my van's windows opened in the 2nd seats. I said, "No". She said, " I really miss having them open because I can't flip people off. They can't see me because of the tinted windows." Good point, Gram.

The memorial service was attended by 250 people so there was a lot of extra noise. Someone had a child, about 3 years old that was crying and fussing. Gram blurts out, "That kid needs to be rocked!" Now everyone would think that she means rocked in a chair. What she really means is have rocks thrown at it. Yeah, isn't she just adorable? That's my Gram.