My grandfather's memorial service was on Friday. It was a really great service and there were a lot of old pictures of my grandpa with his friends from the army, his children and his wife. There were two readings done by my cousins and then my aunt, his oldest daughter, had a little speech to give that was really great because I had never heard their memories of their dad before.
My grandpa, Gordon, had Alzheimer's disease for the past 8 or 9 years, so I didn't see him much those years and he slowly forgot who we all were. It's incredibly sad to watch someone lose control of their own memories and become a different person, but it's good to remember what he was like before the disease because he was a really great man. He was a Captain in World War II and when he came back he married my grandma Peggy (who passed away in 1995) and together they had five kids. He loved traveling and adventure, a lot like I do and I remember that he really loved me and his other four grandchildren. He passed away Thursday December 27th and it didn't even hit me until week later which is the first time I cried for him. I loved him, and I will miss him.
After the service we went to my aunt's house for a catered lunch and watched some old home videos from their childhood. Old videos are really cool - no sound, lens flares, muted colors; none of them are perfect but that makes them doubly cool.
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