I Miss my Grampa

Today was a rough drive to work. But, it really all started last night.  My friend T and I were looking through pictures for a scrapbook I am putting together for my Gramma for her birthday & I came across one of my Grampa that just gets my heart.  It is a picture of my cousins and I sitting in a wagon with him looking at all of us with this surprised, happy look on his face.  I got teary eyed talking about him like he passed away yesterday.  It has been 6 years this April.  I miss him.  So this morning I was driving to work and the song by Celine Dion started playing on my Ipod.  Its called because you loved me, and I started crying.  It reminds me of him.  Not because he listened to that song, but, because of the words that are attached to that song.  I miss lots of things about him.  I miss being in his car listening to sports talk radio, I miss the hat on high on his head, I miss him greeting us at the door with the dogs, I miss him a lot.  I remember him having 2 quarters and a dollar.  He gave Katie 50 cents but didnt have 50 cents to give to all of us so he ripped it in half and gave each of us half of it.  I still have it in my wallet.  My Grampa loved all of us so much.  He was so generous and loving.  He lived for his family.  The two most important things to him were his family and my Gramma (oh and he looooved sports too).  There were times when I would spend the night over there and he would be sitting at the table and Gramma would be singing.  When he was in the hospital I visited almost everyday.  We tried to get him to eat with his world famous mac & cheese.  He told me in the hospital "sarah you are my friend for life'  I said of corse Grampa..and he said no this is different...you are my friend for life and I love you.  I wont ever forget that.  My Grampa was a great man and I miss him.  He lives on in my heart every single day.  I think of him when I watch a baseball game, I think of him if i hear any talk radio, I think of him every single time I go visit my gramma or when I talk to my gramma.  I dont think there will ever be a day that I wont think about him.  I dont think there will ever be a day where I wont get teary eyed missing him.  I feel him sometimes around me.  Sometimes things happen and I think he is there.  Caden has the same two little lines under his lip just like Grampa...He was one of those people that when he died his funeral was so packed people had to stand in the hallway...Everytime I wear his hat to the Angels game he is with me...  I miss you Grampa & Love you very much