Gramps

It was ten years ago today,

I remember it like it was yesterday.

Receiving a phone call from my dad,

telling me that grandpa had passed away.

His body overcome with cancer,

so frail he could take no more.

I can't listen to bagpipes

without tears flooding my eyes.

I can't look at a luscious, vibrant

garden growing without thinking

of your green thumb.

I can't not smile at strangers

because it's something you

taught me that we just do.

When I'm in the mountains

and smell the skunk grass,

I think of you.

I remember our trips to

the Cache Valley Cheese Factory,

eating squeaky cheese until our

tummies could take no more.

You were the kind of grandpa

everyone should be blessed with.

So loving, unconditionally,

so caring and so fun.

Thank you for the memories,

Gramps, I love you and

I miss you a ton.