I think that is how it is spelled, but I don't know. I'll change it if I'm wrong. Anyway, all readers of Smackie know Baba, my grandma. But I don't think yet I have talked about Toppa. He was my grandfather on my mom's side; Baba's husband. I guess that the reason that I haven't talked about him is because he isn't really a part of my life. He died when I was 5.
And yet, he is a huge part of my life, even now. I'm sitting here at work, taking care of some stuff, and a woman who works here came up and started talking to me. She wants me to help her with her new computer, and I said that I'd be happy to do it. As we were talking, the conversation turned to Toppa. Anyway, he founded Information Systems, the department where I work. His legacy is still very strong here. There is a plaque commerating him when you walk in. His best friend is the head of the department, and still uses his desk. Well, this woman started talking about what a wonderful man he was, and how he cared so much about everyone, and when he asked you how you were doing, he really cared and wanted to know.
I probably got my initial job here because I am his grandson. I like to think that it has been my good work since then that has kept me employeed, but I can't help but think that his legacy has helped me get to where I am today.
I have yet to meet anyone who didn't love him. He has been gone for 15 years or so, and people still love him as much as they did back then.
I was very young when he died, but I do have a few very strong memories of him. A large part of me really wishes he was still around. I want to know what he'd think of me. If he'd be proud of who I am and what I do. I wish that he could have met Abby. I wish he was still around because from what everyone says he was a great, fun-loving guy, and I'd really like to have seen more of that.
Still, I can't help but think that he is a huge part of my life, still, and that if there is such a thing as a heaven, or someplace beyond, that he is looking down on me.
Posted by Nathan at 17.04.04 20:30I really wish I could have met him too. Even having never met him, I feel like I know him. I know it sounds stupid, but he really has been a big part of my life regardless. In all honesty, I feel like I know him better than I ever knew Grandpa Halley. He's been a large influence on my life, and that of the the people around me, regardless of whether he isn't actually here or not. I'm sure he was a great guy. It's sad I never got the chance to meet him.
Posted by: Abby at 18.04.04 00:27He was all that wonderful! He truly cared about people. Can you imagine anyone being married to me for 34 years before he died. I am sure he would have loved all of his grandchildren very much and would have been very proud of you all.
Posted by: BABA at 18.04.04 16:29It's so easy to romanticize and sanitize the past, and it's not fair to carry those perfected images into the future. Your grandpa wasn't perfect, and he wouldn't have been perfect if he had lived longer. I honestly don't know what he would have thought of any of us as we've "turned out", myself included. I have a hunch he would have loved us and gotten irritated with us and ignored us sometimes and then loved us some more, just as he did when he was alive.
What I know for sure is that he loved you enormously during the time he knew you, and you brought him a lot of happiness. There are parts of him that live on in you - your computer skills, your sense of humor, the way you repeat funny sounding words. (No, you didn't get ALL your genes from your grandmother...) :-)
I also know for sure that I am very proud of you and am very glad that I have had the chance to watch you grow into the person you are now. I hope the lesson you get from your grandpa's life is that the good things that you do in your life can touch people in ways that live on even beyond your own lifetime. Do good things when you can. You never know who will need and remember them.
Posted by: Elaine at 18.04.04 21:49Ny dear Elaine, that was beautiful and very very wise.
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