The movie, Little Miss Sunshine, spoke to me. It was one of those movies that made me think about life and being a kid. But it made me think of my relationship with my Grandfather the most. I adored him and he adored me.
When I was a little girl, I had a grandfather that took time to show me I was special. He helped me with my Math homework, he bought me dresses, came to beauty pageants and took lots of pictures of me. He picked me up from school and bought me slurpees and Zero candy bars (my favorite candy bar) before taking me out to Grapevine lake on the boat. There was no doubt in my mind when he died, that he adored me. His death was a very difficult time for me. Fourth grade is when life began to get pretty bad for all of us. But, I know PawPaw considered me to be one beautiful girl. And if he picked me up from school, he always asked, "How was Math today Mandi? You got it figured out yet?" Oh the afternoons he helped me with Math, my biggest struggle. Jeremy makes fun of the way I draw my number eight. My number eight looks like a snowman! I can't help it, it's habit. That's how PawPaw drew eights and he's the one that spent hours and hours helping me understand. I wish he would have been around in High School because that's where my Math struggles really kicked in!
I've posted a scene from the movie below that is great. If you have seen this, you know it's funny too! And if my PawPaw were still here, he would definitely be just like Alan Arkin's character. I know if I came to him with troubles, he would tell me to tell everybody to go to hell! PawPaw didn't care about what anyone thought! I loved that about him.
Thank you PawPaw for loving me and showing me that you loved me. I wish you were here. I'm still "Little Miss Mandi".
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You made a comment once that has stuck with me. I have actually repeated it many times to other people.
"When someone feels loved they can do anything"
There is so much truth to that statement. Thank you for sharing your thoughts, life and heart time and time again.
I loved this post, this clip...it spoke volumes to me.
((HUGS))
What a great tribute to your Papaw. I didn't have any, they both died before I was born. But i had Chris' for about 4 years and he was great. I can only imagine how wonderful he was. He sounds like a wonderful man in your life.
While that movie is not understood by a lot of people (my mother is one of them), I just love it. And I especially loved that Grandpa. I am so happy that you had such a man in your life! =)
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