The Greatest Generation

This week I have been left thinking about "The Greatest Generation" and my personal connection to it through my own family's elders. My Father's Father died this week but up until this week I was so blessed as to still have three Grandparents. These people truly are card carrying members of "The Greatest Generation". Grandpa "Buddy" was a self made man. I admired him for being a lifetime learner and for his common sense apporoach to life. He once told me that he knew that he would be an aviator when he was a boy and saw "The Spirit of St. Louis" during a national tour. That passion for flying and his faith gave wings to every other blessing in his life. He was always ready to tell a story about his life and had an opinion about EVERYTHING. His mind and body were active right up to the end and he passed while working at home as he would have liked. We should all be so richly blessed.
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