Good Advice From Grandpa
I hope that this will once again confirm that the most important
information in your life won't come from a teacher, the library or the
internet, but from a mentor, and on a very personal level.
My long-passed grandfather's birthday is coming up, and for me it is a
time to reminisce. The long walks we used to take. The long drives.The
special trips he would make to pick me up so I could spend weekends
with him, and the advice he used to give!
Much was wasted because I was young when he died. If he were alive
today and sharing his pearls of wisdom, I'd be a better man.
Those gems were well and good, but the one I remember most, the jewel
in the crown of grandfatherly advice, came when I was only 12. We were
sitting in a park, watching children and their mothers enjoying a
beautiful spring day.
He told me that one day, I'd find a woman and start my own family.
"And son," he said, "be sure you marry a woman with small hands."
"How come, Grandpa?" I asked.
"It makes your pecker look bigger."
Kinda brings a tear to your eye, doesn't it?
