A Wonderful Question

[Magicman]

From an Inquiring Mind. 

The afternoon Marty and I were sitting on his patio talking when his youngest Grandson walked up to me.  First he gave me a hug and then he squared up and looking me in the eye asked;  Pop, are you old?  I immediately answered my 4 year old Great-Grandson; yes Cooper, I am old.  I was honored that he asked and I was honored to answer.  He was satisfied and went back to playing.

This inquiring mind was sorting things out.  Marty is his Dad's Dad and I am Marty's Dad so....  Of course the white hair helped.

[customsawyer]

It's nice to get older. Lots of folks don't get to. Twice as nice to get to spend some of that time with the grands.

[Magicman]

I never knew all of my Grandparents, (deceased before I was born.), and certainly all of the Great-Grands were gone.

No question about it, we are very fortunate as most of our Great-Grands are old enough to know who we are and remember.  The experience yesterday describes how at least one of them will remember.....old.  

[B.C.C. Lapp]

I was blessed to live near and know my great grandfather well. He lived to be 101 years old.   I was 10 or 11 when he passed.   I helped him in his garden and played on his porch. He would sit with me and drink beer out of long neck brown bottles.   He had a full head of hair and was part Cree, born in I believe 1874.   To say that he had great stories to tell and was one of my favorite people would fall short of how I felt about the man.
Like Randy Travis said in his song, "I thought he walked on water."

[firefighter ontheside]

I just heard that song yesterday.  I've known that song my whole life, but not until yesterday did I realize he was talking about his great grandpa and not his grandpa.  My one great grandpa was gone 50 years before I was born.  That's a story for another day.  My other one died when I was a baby I think, so I don't remember him.  I do remember one of my great grandmas.  She lived until I was 22 years old and I remember her fondly.  

[SwampDonkey]

My aunt had 18 great grandchildren, and 2 great great grandchildren. She passed away this spring at age 93. My uncle passed away in 2008, dad's brother.

[WV Sawmiller]

   I guess if my grandkids asked me if I was old I'd have to tell them:

"No, I'm not old but all the rest of the people my age sure are and your grandma is". :D