10 Cents Pays The Way.

There are many times in our lives when we can't explain our feelings or thoughts. Times when all we can do is sit in the floor and be still. Still and silent. There are also times in our lives when all you can do is reminisce about fun memories that made the happy snap shot. My sweet Granddad died Tuesday, March 2, 2010. He died eating a bowl of ice cream. Just stopped breathing. What a way to go. When i found out the news, all i could do was think about all of the fun time we had together. all of the times he made us laugh. laugh so hard we cried. One memory that popped in my head was when Granddad and Grandma came to Africa to visit us when we were little. I remember my Granddad and we grandkids were playing some game where you had to throw little hoops onto a stick... well he would stand there and say..."step right up. all ya gotta do is pay 10 cents. 10 cents pays the way if you care to go my friend. she neither walks nor she talks but she crawls on her belly like a crocodile." oh we would laugh and chuckle at that for hours. We still talk about it. Also another memory that came my head was when Granddad used to do Karate. Ha! he used to say, "Chooie... Chooie!" and he would say it in in a really high voice while punching the air. He was so silly! i was so blessed to be able to have a wonderful last memory with my Granddad. He was in the hospital after a heart attack last week. My sister and brother and I went to visit him. He was cracking jokes like his old self. Him and my grandma might as well have had a stand up comedy act. It was perfect. No tears. No sadness. Just laughter. Thats how i will remember my sweet Granddad. A man that was so wonderful and so passionate about our Lord. I know he is in Heaven right now with my Pap and they are fishing together right by the Pearly Gates! Oh how sweet a picture that is in my head. I loved my Granddad so much and he will be missed. Missed by many.