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I was raised by my grandparents. My mother had some problems and could 
not raise a son so at five months my grandparents became my parents. I 
am sure my grandparents didn't like to have to raise another kid, but 
you would never have known it. My grandfather instilled into me values 
that have guided me through my life. My grandfather and I had a bond 
stronger than any father son bond I've ever seen. He died when I was a 
senior in college. He had just retired and had bought a race horse to 
fulfill his dream of owning a race horse. He never got to see him race.

I am sure he is smiling every time he sees me climb in the saddle and 
answer the call that "trail is open."

Truman

april wrote:
> My grandpa gave me quarter once. He tolerated having me around, didn't 
> scold me for catching the barn kittens, and fed my pony when I 
> couldn't. I was his favorite. The quarter he gave me was the only 
> thing any grand kid could ever remember him giving to anybody.
> I have never told the others that he also gave me a necklace that was 
> my grandmothers. It was several years after she passed away and it had 
> hung on a peg next to the door for all those years. One day I was kind 
> of , petting it, and he said it was just in the way anyway and gave it 
> to me. It was just a dimestore chain, but I still have it. I was 
> pretty old before I realized he must have missed her to have left it 
> there for so long.
> april
> byhalia


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“Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to 
authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?” 
Justice William O. Douglas


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