Everyone should have a grandpa sometime in their life. It makes life so much better if you get to listen to one talk. There’s a special difference in the way a grandpa talks and the way a dad talks. They come from different generations—different eras.
For those who don’t know, a grandpa is a part of the family unit who was once your dad’s dad or your mom’s dad. A dad’s dad is interesting because he will have had some great influence on your dad. Probably. It’s understandable if your family unit is not the same as everyone else’s. That okay and fine. Regardless of what your family looks like, there is a biological necessity for parents and grandparents. Without them, there would be no birth, no next generation. The point here is that no matter how odd your family is, compared to the family next door, you will still have grandparents somewhere along the branches of your tree.
If possible, and you haven’t met him before, go find your grandpa. Ask him a few questions. Get the conversation started. He will amaze you. No doubt about it. His voice may sound gravelly from time and the elements. He may have an accent you didn’t know was in the family. Definitely, he will use words you didn’t know existed, or of which you don’t know the meaning. He might even construct his sentences backwards and inside out in such a way as will get you thinking you’re talking to Yoda.
Whatever way he talks, you’ll end up loving it, because he will have so many great, epic, and weird stories filled with colorful adjectives and equally colorful euphemisms.
Why? Because that’s how everyone told stories when he was younger, and he brought that way of talking with him along with the memories. Another thing he may have brought with him is the wisdom of those memories combined with the things he knows now.
You’re sure to gain a little of that if you listen well. So find one of your grandpas, if either one is still alive, and get him talking. You’re in for a treat.
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