I'm so glad I got to go home to be with my family and to go to Pop-Pop's viewing that was just for our immediate family. The funeral service for everyone is later this week and I wish I could be there, but I'm so thankful that I even got to go home (even if it was just for a night). My Pop-Pop will be missed dearly. Of course I love all my grandparents, but Pop-Pop has an extra special place in my heart and I know my brothers & cousins would agree with me. He was a Corporal in the Army... he served in the Korean War. My Pop-Pop had a bunch of odd jobs including a crossing guard. He absolutely loved the Mummers, the Phillies, and Eagles, like any good ole Philly man. As much as he loved watching sports, he enjoyed playing sports as well. He played third base in the "Over the Hill Softball League" until he was 69 years old and won the championship twice while on the team. My Pop-Pop looooved cigars. That was probably his trademark. I remember when I used to go to the store with him just to get cigars. My fondest memories of him were probably the days when he used to watch my brothers and I or just be over spending time with us. He was serious about his dinner time. He didn't like fooling around at the dinner table. I remember on multiple occasions when my brothers and I would start giggling at the table and he told us to settle down and eat, but we just kept laughing for no reason. Sorry Pop-Pop! I just love and am going to miss so many little silly things about him... 
like the fact that he hid stashes of candy in his room so people couldn't take them or the crazy stories he told us about the crazy old people who lived in the same building as him when we would visit him and his silly sense of humor. I'm going to miss hearing about Bingo or whatever game he played that day and how he won 50 cents playing. I'm going to miss the way he told me he was proud of me when I told him about school, the high fives and hugs he used to give me, and the way he told me he loves me. I just found the card he gave me for Christmas, which is now hanging in my room at school. It says, "Granddaughter, you are loved and have been since the day you were born. Believe it and never, ever forget it. Merry Christmas. Love, G-Pop xo." I found this in my room at just the right moment and honestly believe that he let me find it at that moment. I know it was him reminding me that even though he's not with me physically right now, he loves me and always will. I love you too, Pop-Pop. Always and forever.
like the fact that he hid stashes of candy in his room so people couldn't take them or the crazy stories he told us about the crazy old people who lived in the same building as him when we would visit him and his silly sense of humor. I'm going to miss hearing about Bingo or whatever game he played that day and how he won 50 cents playing. I'm going to miss the way he told me he was proud of me when I told him about school, the high fives and hugs he used to give me, and the way he told me he loves me. I just found the card he gave me for Christmas, which is now hanging in my room at school. It says, "Granddaughter, you are loved and have been since the day you were born. Believe it and never, ever forget it. Merry Christmas. Love, G-Pop xo." I found this in my room at just the right moment and honestly believe that he let me find it at that moment. I know it was him reminding me that even though he's not with me physically right now, he loves me and always will. I love you too, Pop-Pop. Always and forever."When I get where I'm going, I'm gonna walk with my Grand Daddy and he'll match me step for step. And I'll tell him how I missed him every minute since he left and then I'll hug his neck."
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