Someone I am missing and have been for a while is my papaw. My papaw David was a very kind person; he always did everything he could to make sure we had food and clothes. My papaw was the type of person to help someone, even if it was the last dollar he had. He would always make sure people got home safely. He passed away in 2017, I was 13 at the time of his death. I didn’t attend his funeral. It was too hard for me so what I did to help myself cope with him passing away I started writing stories and reading a lot.
Even now I will find myself missing him more. Other days I am happy he found peace. He was a preacher at our local church. It has been so long that I don’t remember the name of it. I was five when he started to teach me about religion and who Jesus is. My papaw always did have a very old soul. I loved him, he would always brighten up everyone’s day. When he would take us to school he would start singing everytime he dropped us off everyone in our town knew him.
He always made us laugh when we were having the worst days. He would always dance to the song CottonEye Joe and he would always sing the song “A Picture Of Me Without You,’’ by George Jones. He used to sing that song to help us fall asleep. He was always there for us when we needed him and he drove us around everywhere. My papaw was a really kindhearted man. The world needs more people like him.
He would have all of us up there dancing and singing in church, we always had a blast with him even, when we would get mad at him, we couldn’t stay mad. He may have been an impatient man but he did have a very kind soul. I thank my papaw for the person I am today, he taught me to always be myself no matter what other people would think of me. I am so grateful to him for so many reasons that I can't list them all. I really do miss him.
My grandmother doesn’t like celebrating her birthday because it is the month he passed away and she just feels sad about my papaw passing away. She has found someone new and I am happy for her but I have only met who she is with once. I don't know if it's because she doesn’t want us thinking she is replacing her papaw or if she just isn’t ready for us to meet him yet. No one can replace our papaw, but my grandmother deserves to be happy just as much as the rest of us.
My papaw was like a father figure to us, before my mom and stepdad got clean. I am grateful for 13 years of my life that he took care of my cousins, me and my sister. He is no longer here, but he will always be here in memory so I thank my papaw for everything he did for us when he was still here with us and may he rest in peace.
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