Grandpa

Well, Grandpa this is for you!

Last week I was having supper with my Grandpa and he asked me if he could pay me to do him a favour..."pay me for what?". He said "well, for taking a picture of a picture."

He was looking through a war magazine and came across a photograph of him when he was about 20! The very first picture in the slideshow is the photograph of him from the war titled "Draining the Devil's Brigade". I thought it would be cool if we had the old picture with a new picture of him displaying his medals. So, I told him to be ready and Monday morning we will have coffee and go out on the town for some photographs to honour his bravery and love of this Country. Grandpa was like a kid in a Candystore. He was so full of life and smiles. It was a really fun outing. The other person in the photo was my brother Quiston. Quiston came along for the adventure. Afterwards we all went for lunch where he proudly wore his medal's...I am not sure when he actually took them off. A lady at lunch said "thank-you sir for what you did"...he said "you are welcome but I am sorry I can't say it was my pleasure"...no I guess not. I really love the song in the slideshow. I feel it is a happy up beat song that reminds us that we can dance. We can dance and celebrate life because of so many wonderful people in this world that put their life in jeopardy to give us freedom. Thank you to all the soldiers out there!