Oh how I will miss..
- setting up the table under his watch, making sure he gets "the right" spoon and chopsticks
- spending 2 hours going over our family tree as he scribbles in unfamiliar names on the back of a ripped calendar
- waiting as he smooths out the top of his head while carefully slipping on his stylish hat
- saluting the opening elevator doors with a "standby....execute!"
- watching him put on his best outfit before heading out to comfort a fellow marine comrade
- smiling as he prayed a blessing on my aunt's head on her 50th birthday
- nodding in agreement as he looks into my eyes and firmly states, "we have two ears but one mouth because God wants us to listen more and speak less!"
- sorting and eating vitamins with my faithful healthy old man
- listening to him tell stories of my grandma and the beautiful lady she was