My Grandfather
One of the people I admire the most is my maternal grandfather. He was born in 1923 and passed in 2009. The reason I want to talk about him is because of the Iran war. My grandfather told wonderful stories and I wish I had been smart enough to have brought a recorder with me when I visited. Now the stories only exist in my memory. How does this tie into Iran war? My grandfather, the kindest person I've known, a pacifist until violence was needed, was drafted for WWII. He was served on a boat in the Philippines. He told me as a child that if I was ever drafted (he'd always feared the draft would return) to join the Navy and enlist in the Seabees. (Construction Battalion.) What made him the kindest? He believed in animals being raised for food should have their best life. He believed that animals shouldn't suffer. He believed in helping his fellow man. Papa (what I called him) always made sure to have an abundance of canned goods (like in jars) frozen foods (deep freeze) an...
