a drunken post on relfection.....

[G1BB0]

a family member put a post on facebook about our nana, brought a tear to my eye. she passed away in 2002 yet my kids aged 17, 16 and 13 still remember her fondly (as do I, massively).

Has anyone left such an impression in your life?

 

[AmandaJR]

Without a doubt my lovely Dad. Of course I'm biased but he was a truly remarkable man and anyone who was fortunate enough to have him in their life felt that.

His grandchildren used to go visit him just because they wanted to and loved being with him. Likewise my pals from school and as an adult all had a real soft spot for him.

There are 5 of us (Jackson 5) and my Mum passed away when I was 2, twin sister and brother were 7, eldest brother was 10 and eldest sister 13. He was in the army so we were sent to a boarding school but he visited whenever he could and did his best for us. He managed to then keep us together as a family unit and we all turned out ok! He never remarried as my Mum was his true soul mate and when he died we took his ashes to the military cemetary in Germany to be reunited with my Mum. It was just the most brilliant family trip and we laughed til we cried and he would have loved seeing that.

So many tales I could tell about his life and even then only those he told us when he had too much sherry, as he was a very modest man.

My hero - bar none.

 

[Hobbit]

Yes.

My Nan, and also my ex-wife's grandma. Both gave without a second thought. Always welcoming, whoever you were, and always willing to give their last shilling to a charity box. Two very special people...

 

[Oddsocks]

My nan and grandad, both past away within a 6 month window 5 years ago. my mum was a young mum when she had me so i spent lots of times with grand perants and have some great memories. i think in my teens i spent as much time in their house as i did ours, they also funded the start up of my first business, 5 years on good the memories still get me.

I grandad purchased my first set of bats as a kid while i was helping them run a car boot sale, think this is why im so keen to continue playing this god forsaken sport, its almost in hes honour.

 

[StrangelyBrown]

"Sunshine on Leith" by the Proclaimers was played at my uncles funeral in 2002, and it was played on Chris Evan's breakfast show yesterday.

If anyone saw a guy in a silver MX5 driving north up the A90 bawling his eyes out, singing and trying not to crash, it was me.

 

[Aztecs27]

"Sunshine on Leith" by the Proclaimers was played at my uncles funeral in 2002, and it was played on Chris Evan's breakfast show yesterday.

If anyone saw a guy in a silver MX5 driving north up the A90 bawling his eyes out, singing and trying not to crash, it was me.

I know this post wasn't meant as a funny, but it is, but in a good way honouring your uncle. But you do drive an MX5, I don't think he'd be too pleased about that.

Similar story - my uncle died unexpectedly about a year and a half ago and we sang Jerusalem at his funeral (I use the term "sing" loosely, I was mostly a gibbering wreck!) - it made me emotional before his death, now I'm just in bits every time I hear it.

 

[StrangelyBrown]

I know this post wasn't meant as a funny, but it is, but in a good way honouring your uncle.

Cheers Jon

But you do drive an MX5, I don't think he'd be too pleased about that.

Oi

He'd rather I was in a small, nimble, light, correct wheel drive car than a diesel dullmobile

 

[Aztecs27]

He'd rather I was in a small, nimble, light, correct wheel drive car than a diesel dullmobile

touché

 

[HomerJSimpson]

My dad without question. Not only did he get me into golf for which I'll be forever grateful but he was my best mate. Even when things got bad (a nd there have been some really balck moments) he'd always be there even if it was on the end of the phone. Died of that insidious disease cancer and even in the last few months managed to face the pain with stoic dignity.

I wrote a piece about him that GM published a few years back. Sums up everything I feel to the man to this day

http://threeoffthetee.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/generation-game.html

 

[Hobbit]

Nice one Homer. I have my dad's first golf trophy on my desk. Never beat him at the game, or any other sport for that matter. But the banter in later years when we went fishing was priceless - not fished since he died, just doesn't seem to hold the same attraction.

 

[Jack991]

My grandad, he introduced to the game of golf and since then we got really close until he died of cancer early this year however I promised him I would get down to single figures because I know how proud that would have made him !

 

[MizunoGreyhound]

My Grandad. Always a story to tell and time for everyone. I can`t listen to Everything I Own by Bread without blarting now. He`s been gone nearly 24 years now and I would love to spend one more day with him now to see my kids and other half. He really was a true inspiration. Miss you Granch.

 

[Mr_T]

Fortunately I'm young enough to have not lost many people in my life yet, I did lose my grandad though a few years ago, he was a very opinionated but great man, it saddens me now because I was just a kid and would loved to have known him properly now... I remember at his funeral they were sharing some old stories and one the ones that made me smile was when he was a kid, it was the second world war and he was having a pe lesson, being taught javelin, a german fighter plane which was flying very low emerged from over the trees and everyone hit the floor as that was what they had been taught, all except my grandad, who lauched his javelin at the plane, the plane was flying so low that it nearly hit it, everyone was apparently mortified as they thought the plane would just shoot him, but he carried on flying and my grandad said he saw a smile from the pilot Perhaps my biggest regret is that I didn't take up golf sooner, my grandad was a keen golfer after he retired and I would have loved to have played a round with him