Losing 2 Special People

In the last couple months Robb and I have both lost a grandpa. In January my Grandpa Larry got sick and was in the hospital in Las Vegas. It was really hard not being able to go and see him. I agonized over whether or not to fly out there and I ended up not going and not getting to say goodbye. In some ways I wish that I would have been able to say goodbye, but on the other hand. I am glad that I can remember him as the man he was before he got sick. I have great memories of my grandpa all throughout my life. All of us cousins used to go stay with grandpa and grandma in the summer in Orchard. They would take us out to eat, let us order any kind of icecream we wanted, take us fishing and later Grandpa would set up yard games to keep us out of the house so we didn't drive grandma crazy. Grandpa was a very special guy! He loved to dance and he never let anyone get away with being a wallflower at a dance. I remember dancing with my grandpa at my wedding and he made me feel like a real princess. Although I will always miss grandpa I am so glad that I have the wonderful memories that I do. I am also glad that my kids got to meet him and get to know him the last couple years.
Very recently Robb lost his grandpa Orville. Grandpa Orville was a very special guy. I have liked Robb's grandpa since the first time I met him 13 years ago. Robb at one point even accused me of winning over his grandpa so much with homemade apple pie that he liked me more than Robb. Of course that was never true but it did seem like Orville and I always have hit it off. He liked to give me a bad time and I loved to give it right back. Orville was the one person that could get away with saying about anything. On 2 different occasions Orville asked me if I was pregant when I was not and I guess instead was having a fat day. He may be the only guy that could get away with this and not have caused hurt feelings. Instead I just figured he liked our kids so much he was hoping for more. HaHa. Anyone that knows Orville knows that he did love our kids but they probably drove him crazy. At one point he had a sign hanging in the house that said I Locked The Door But The Grandkids Got In Anyway. I will always have a wonderful memories of Robb's grandpa and I know that Robb does also but its a bit to soon to ask him to "blog" about them. Although we knew that Grandpa was very sick and had a chance to say our goodbyes it was very hard to believe that he is gone.
These 2 very special people will be missed by many and we pray for our parents and our grandmas that they will also be able reflect on the good memories to get them through these hard times.