Tuesday morning my Grandpa Fauth went on to meet our Creator. He lived a long, 87 years, and fulfilled life. He got to meet a few great-grandchildren and had handfuls of grandchildren that simply adored him. I didn’t cry when I found out he had passed away because I knew it’s not what he’d want. He was ready and so excited to go to Heaven that I was happy he was finally where he’s wanted to be for so long.
The thing I will always remember is Grandpa’s Stories. I’d come back from my vacations out there with tapes of his stories and I would listen to them day and night have pass them on to some of my friends. He was the worlds greatest story teller. Just recently I was going through old pictures of when I was younger with Brandon and I found a bunch of all of us grandkids sitting on a blanket or just on the floor just staring intently at Grandpa has he told us “just one more” before we had to go to bed.
I also remember the old place and running around with the dogs, Skipper and Ginger, and watching Grandpa in the post office and helping him to collect chicken eggs. I have so many amazing memories of him and I know he’ll live on through all of our memories and stories and we pass them along to our children and our grandchildren. I’m so glad that I still have a few of the tapes he made and sent to me, they will be cherrished and treasured forever.
Great blog Nik! It’s so neat to read everyone’s memories and realize that they are all the same 🙂 Sam & I have talked about how “good” grandparents treat all of their grandchildren as if they were their favorites. It’s definitely true that we were all treated that way by Grandma and Grandpa. We are so blessed to have the grandparents that we do.
I will never forget how much excitement was floating around Larslan whenever cousin Niki was able to come…I also remember a bunch of us getting in trouble for telling you there was no Santa Clause.
So good to see you in Malta. I loved getting to sit next to you at Grandma’s and visiting. Love you!
I do remember always being treated like I was the favorite, but also seeing that the other cousins would be treated the same way. I also remember a bunch of you telling me there was no Santa…lol but it’s okay, I forgive you 🙂
I loved being able to sit and talk to you at Grandma’s, it was so nice to see everyone and visit everyone again. I really wish I could see all of you more often! Love you too!!!
I love it! We all have great memories of Grandpa and what a blessing that is!