I would like (love) to find my Grandfather under the Christmas tree.Born in 1895, in poverty, served in ‘The Great War’ and worked hard all his life, he was a true gentleman as well as a gentle person.Because of family circumstances, he and Grandma mostly helped me to grow up, and he taught me to read (as books were the love of his life).When I was about ten, he bought me, at great expense to himself, an entire set of the work of Charles Dickens, which I devoured over the next few years.
I have such loving memories of him that to just spend an hour with him again would be the greatest Christmas gift, and although he died just a couple of years after I married (Golden Wedding Anniversary coming up soon for us) I think about him regularly still and am grateful to him for everything.