Ya know the old sayin.. the good die young? Well, I guess he ain't good! I'm just kidding.. or not...LOL~
Clifford G. Landers, aka.. pawpaw, celebrated his 88th birthday today. Callie and I took him some cupcakes, a card, and a lil happy birthday bear. He was elated to see us walk through his door. (I wish I would've remembered my camera.) He was just finishing his lunch when we arrived.
He has his moments but for the most part the man is still sharp!
He is always complaining how he doesn't have any money in there .. so today we he complained I asked him what he wanted to buy. He says " I like to get a travel trailer, my sister lives about 90 miles out yonner way" as he is flicking his head to the right. Oh, Pawpaw.. your sister lives in the south and we are in Pa... it's a lil more than 90 miles.
Then he says how he thinks dad is pullin the wool over his eyes about not being able to drive... He had a stroke about 8 yrs. ago that left his left arm paralyzed along with his bladder and a few other things. So he can't drive. So I asked him.. can you use your left arm, "no" he says.. can you walk?? cuz you have to be able to do all those things to drive.( he can't walk... i think it has something to do with muscle deterioration in his back , but not sure) I then said, " as we get older there are things that we just can't do like when we were younger, even though we want to, like driving. It's just part of getting older. .. He says.. well then don't ever get old! I told him I want to grow old.. I wanna watch my children grow, get married, have grand children. That led us to counting his great grandchildren.. he has somewhere around 16 or so..
I'm proud to call him my Pawpaw!
love ya old man!!
1 comment:
so sweet! glad you got to spend time with him today :) at least he's still got his sassiness!
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