Comments on: Brylcreem, Brushes and Grandfathers (Letters To Mahri – January 30, 2008) http://jasongoode.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/letters-to-mahri-january-30-2008/ A collection of letters, essays, and other miscellany Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:16:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: jasongoode http://jasongoode.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/letters-to-mahri-january-30-2008/#comment-19 jasongoode Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:37:20 +0000 http://jasongoode.wordpress.com/?p=66#comment-19 Thanks for these words Colleen. I looked at your Grandpa's blog. It's very beautiful. Thanks for sharing that. Jason Thanks for these words Colleen. I looked at your Grandpa’s blog. It’s very beautiful. Thanks for sharing that.

Jason

]]> By: Colleen http://jasongoode.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/letters-to-mahri-january-30-2008/#comment-18 Colleen Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:06:02 +0000 http://jasongoode.wordpress.com/?p=66#comment-18 Wow. This is powerful. You are giving your daughter a legacy. This line resonate with me: "... they were always just a hallway and a door away." My grandparents lived with my parents for a few years until Grandma needed more "intensive" care in a nursing home. Then is was just Grandpa in the apartment until a year and a half ago. It was so natural to have him there that later, after he was gone and two nuns had moved into the apartment, my young nephews opened the door looking for candy. That's when it really hit *them* that things had changed ... After Grandpa's funeral, I started a blog for the family: http://www.elmerbowes-family.blogspot.com/. Not sure when the next update will be ... Wow. This is powerful. You are giving your daughter a legacy.

This line resonate with me: “… they were always just a hallway and a door away.” My grandparents lived with my parents for a few years until Grandma needed more “intensive” care in a nursing home. Then is was just Grandpa in the apartment until a year and a half ago. It was so natural to have him there that later, after he was gone and two nuns had moved into the apartment, my young nephews opened the door looking for candy. That’s when it really hit *them* that things had changed …

After Grandpa’s funeral, I started a blog for the family: http://www.elmerbowes-family.blogspot.com/. Not sure when the next update will be …

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