What You Left Behind

Good Ol' Grandpa

Others would say grandpa was Satan himself, but I've always seen my grandpa as a hero. You see, my Grandpa is the type of person that's hard to get along with. He would always be getting into stupid fights with his family and friends, and would ruin relationships in a blink of an eye. If you don't believe me, ask his ex-wives. You may be wondering, then why do I think of him as a hero? Well you see, when I was younger, I would always go to his house and hang out with him. We would go to parks, go fishing, and even go hunting for rabbits. He would always be extra nice to me and give me candy, even if I gave him a bad time. Back then he seemed to be a nice guy, I don't know if it was just me being a six year old, and exaggerating how great he was, or if he actually was an agreeable guy.

I also remember some of the bad times, when he would go off on my parents. They would always get into fights about something that I don't even remember. Now I kind of wonder what they would talk about. It was all fine until one day, it got so bad that my parents decided that we wouldn't go back there ever again. Being young and stupid I didn't realize that I would never see him again.

You may be wondering why I'm talking about my grandpa, well, you see, a few weeks ago he died by getting run over by a tractor. The police suspect that my grandpa turned it on, and somehow he couldn't turn it off, so it ran him over. The police say they don't suspect any foul play, but I don't know. I'm not saying I think someone killed him, but he did have a lot of people that wanted him dead, so it wouldn't be surprising if someone did.

It was so weird when we went to the funeral. I didn't know how to feel. I've lived my whole life without him in my life, and then when I finally get to see him again, he's dead. I kinda wish I went to see him before he died, you know?

Well, there's something more to grandpa's death. It's what he left behind that I want to talk about.