i really miss my grandparents a lot.
i didn't know my mom's dad, but i knew the man my granny re-married and he was basically a grandfather to me. i actually always thought he was my grandpa, but i called him pe-pop.
anyway, he would come over every morning with a present for me before school. even if it was just a candy or something he would bring it over. and he always tried to get his dog to sit on my lap, his name was pierre. i just remember one time i finally was holding her... then she puked all over my over-alls. real good memory. and he bought me my first real pet, a parakeet named K.C., simply cause i was 4 and didnt know how to spell Casey. i just remember him being sweet. people told me he had 'problems', i'm not sure if i believe them. maybe they just didnt give it a chance, or try to help enough.
and my dad's parents were amazing, too. i miss them a lot. my grandma had to be the prettiest women when she was younger. but she always cooked everything. breakfast, lunch and dinner. but visiting was always a drag cause for lunch she always made soup and i hated soup. now i love it... but there was never kid food there so i ate it anyway. she would always teach me something. like how to knit or just play games with me. her husband, my grandpa was always sweet. he gave me "bear hugs" these really big tight hugs. he would play games too. he taught me oragami and how to make newspaper hats. and my last memory of him kills me when i think about it. he was old and really sick, and i didn't realize it even though my dad was saying that was possibly the last time i would ever see him, for some reason i just didnt think that was really possible. anyway, he was standing outside and we were leaving to come back to new jersey. i looked back to wave, and he was crying. the strongest man i know, breaking down, crying. all because we left. and if i didnt have to leave, i wouldn't have. i would have stayed there with him. making him paper hats, and giving him bear hugs.
i miss them so much. i really wish i had gotten to see them more before they passed.