v he took care of my bed ridden granny for 10 years before she passed away
v he took me to a renaissance festival when i was 4 and bragged that i could build a loom after climbing around and studying it.
v he gave me my first job, helping him sell plants at the farmers market and not getting mad when i played most of the day.
v he always said that i was the most like him out of all of his grandkids.
v he loved the fact that i would go anywhere he would take me.
v he had a 9th grade education but could solve almost any math problem using logic.
v he never allowed his southern up bringing to make him a bigot.
v he had a million different careers over his life time.
v he could tell the same story the same way a hundred times.
v he served his country
v he knew everything there was to know about plants.
v he was a lifelong winter gardenian.
v he always called me and my sister "boy."
v he was one of my favorite people.
these are a few things that made him great (i may add more as life goes on)
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