Personal Childhood Web

This section is dedicated to those who have influenced, nurtured and cared about me in my early years and now. They cared for me when my parent's drove over-the-road semi-truck and continued when they were home too. First up are my grandparents Larry and Vi.

From the moment I was born they were in my life, we stayed with them when my parents went on long work trips, they lived down the block from us so it was a normal part of life to walk back and forth several times a day. During school we walked there for lunch and one of my favorite memories is of Grandpa coming home from work and eating cornflakes and cold hotdogs.  He was never too busy to take a moment to listen to our stories, took us with him on weekends in the tractor and cattle trucks and as I got older he drove school bus and whenever I climbed on he would announce "How's my Tigger-two today?" He was one of the most generous and truly caring individuals ever, even after his death people would stop me on the street or while reminicsing they would comment how much they missed "Grandpa Larry". I think of him everyday and whenever I get into a tense situation I think about what he would do and I do the same. Now my grandma was the rock of the family, she raised 6 kids and so many of the grandkids floated in and out of her house on a daily basis that she joked she raised about a dozen more. My grandma is still around today and she continues to be the rock of the family, the one that ties us all together, offers us love when we feel unloveable, supports us during hard times and always has a fantastic smile. She read to me as a child and still continues to this day with reading to my son. Without them my life would never have been as steady, secure nor as full of love as it is to this day.