For Grandpa
December 9, 2009I found this in an old online journal. The original date on it was July 18, 2004. He passed away a few years after that, which seemingly makes this resonate a bit more. I’m putting it up here so that if that journal disappears, it’ll always be somewhere.
Grandfather, your truck has seen better days, and so have you. You are much like this vehicle. Everyone just assumes because it looks old that it’s ready to crack and fall apart, but it doesn’t. My grandmother told me a story once, about how even though you don’t start it all through the winter and it gets buried in about four feet of snow, when you go out mid-summer to start it to drive far enough to pick up essentials for a bit of building, it revs and starts as if it were 20 years ago and you drove it every day. And though you tell me about the rust stains that seep through the floorboard, and the visible ones on the outsides, you, like it still have alot of heart left.
I love you, and you’ll never see this.
I randomly go through tag surfer each night and read everything posted on tag writings. Not very often do I post comments. But, I had to say this is very touching and a very nice tribute to your Grandfather. Love the truck!
Thank you much!