It was a hard day, but not for me. I was sitting with my Grand Pa and we were about to start talking about his plans for the future. It was going to be an intense talk that I truly wasn’t mentally prepared for. I’ve never had to talk about these kinds of plans with anybody before, my parents are not even 50 yet. My G-pa is pretty young, 73, and he still goes out dancing 2-3 times a week with his beach-bop friends. I arrived a little bit late to his house, as always, so he wanted to hop to it.
Three words into the conversation the phone rings. Frustrated about being interrupted he answers. It’s his sister-in-law. I can hear her from 4 feet away. He just found out his best-friend/younger-brother, Charles, had just died in a boating accident and drowned.
I’ve never seen him upset. He’s my G-pa. He’s the rock. He’s the one that took over the family flower shop and kept it going 40 more years past his dad, in total 70 years.
Charles loved to fish. He was out 3-5 times a week and was a great swimmer, even at the young age of 71. Today, though, his boat capsized and he didn’t make it.
Samantha and I pray for both G-pa, Charles, and the rest of the family that they take this time to come together.
Some hard days deserve more than music. They deserve silence.
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Hold tight to the people you love. You never know what will happen.