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Christmas, 2014. \u00a0Photo credit to my dad.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Today would have been my Grandpa’s 94th birthday. \u00a0We lost him back in December after a relatively short illness (though he would tell you it was much too long). \u00a0But talk about a life well lived.<\/p>\n

I was able to get home for his funeral and while it was, of course, terribly sad, the most amazing part was hearing all the stories about him and meeting all the people who he had touched over the years. \u00a0The visitation at the funeral home\u00a0was five hours with no breaks in the crowd. \u00a0So many people stood in a long line just to pay their respects. \u00a0It was incredibly heartwarming. \u00a0This was a man who never retired, who was very involved in his church and his community and who touched many lives along the way.<\/p>\n

My Grandpa is a big part of the reason I am where I am today. \u00a0He was an incredibly generous person and did his best to help his grandkids get ahead in life. \u00a0But he also helped shape who I am today. \u00a0He definitely led by example. \u00a0He never knew a stranger. \u00a0He loved to meet new people and he truly wanted to get to know them. \u00a0It didn’t matter if this person was a fellow business owner or the nurse at the doctor’s office. \u00a0He always had time to chat (even if the other person perhaps didn’t).<\/p>\n

But while he was incredibly kind and generous, he also held himself and his family to high standards. \u00a0There were no excuses. \u00a0There was no slacking off. \u00a0I don’t mean that he begrudged us sitting on the couch and watching tv, but when it came to our educations, we all knew that he expected the best out of us. \u00a0And he was so proud of all of us. \u00a0He liked to say to me “Well, why do you do all those races if you aren’t going to win?” \u00a0But I think he was not so secretly impressed. \u00a0Still thought I was a bit crazy, but proud nonetheless.<\/p>\n

He was a wonderful man who adored his wife and made sure he lived long enough to see that she was settled and would be taken care of. \u00a0He was a man of great faith who wasn’t scared of death or what came after. \u00a0And he spent nearly 94 years on this earth making such a difference in big ways and small.<\/p>\n

He will be forever remembered and forever missed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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