| kevsan3@ao.com |
| Nakita Dietrich |
Pop, he was one of the greatest men to ever live. Yeah of course he had his wild days that I've only heard tons and tons of stories about... but I've never known that side of him. The side I got to know was mostly a loving father, brother, uncle and son. Yeah I did see a little of the mischeievous side of him.
Hey do you remember back when Jimmy and I first started talking? We might have been talking about two weeks, and Jimmy was in the shower so you sat at the computer and asked me, "So when ya gonna give me a gran'son??" I was like what??? But about 6mons later you asked me again and I was more like, "You better tell your son to get to work then, huh?" You knew I love Jimmy from the start and between the two of us talking to him, I guess he just said ok. But thank you for being such the match maker. (lol) But you want to know the moment I knew that you had welcomed me into the family was about a year & half later when you told me that you never like any of jimmy's old girlfriends but you'll do i guess then laughed and said yeah I love ya kid if Zimmer don't marry ya I damn will, hell I've only been married hundred's of times already... lol
Pop, you sure were a character and you still are. Because to me you are still here you never left us.
Remember when Jimmy & I were staying with you and Grandma for a little while until we moved to Abaco? Well every month when you got your check it was a Tuesday, we'd go to Hooter's and get wings, fries and a cold one. lol but the cool part was we'd call Jimmy at work and tell him about it. lol But I really loved sharing those lunches with you. But when we got really close was when I was pregnant with both Amber and Rebecca. You, taking me to my doctor appointments and everything. We'd have the most deepest conversations to the stupidest. I loved it. When I was pregnant with Rebecca and I was flying back and forth between Florida and Abaco. I passed out at the doctors office and you had to rush me to West Boca Medical and everyday after that until Rebecca was born you would yell at me if I wasn't moving, bouncing side to side, to keep my blood flowing and stuff, not wanting me to pass out.
I was so happy when Rebecca was born but come 10days later I was so happy anymore. Atleast beside Jimmy & I you were the first to hold her after she was born. I remember you saying how strong she was that day, she squeezed your finger. Your finger turned blue and her little fingers were white as can be.
But want to know the truth Pop, about the day the plug was pulled??? I kept praying that you would just give one good cough and open your eyes and say what's wrong with ya'll all this crying chit. and every breathe you struggled to take i was begging for one more. i kept squeezing and kissing your hand begging you not to go. But i know that it was time and now you wouldn't be suffering anymore that you are the happiest and in the healthiest condition ever. And I know to be careful of what I do or say because you're up there looking down on us all making sure we're behaving. lol
Pop, Rebecca looks like your mini me, no kidding for months after you passed i would cry every time i fed her and looked down to talk to her or something i would just cry m eyes out. She's a sassy spit fire too with red hair and green eyes.
Amber still remembers you. We constantly point to your picture and ask her if she knows who it is or where's grandpa and she'll point to you. She does have you beautiful baby blues.
I'm so glad that I got to know and share 5yrs with you. Even more, I'm more happy that you got to meet your two beautiful grand daughters before you passed as well. I love you Pop and there's not a day that goes by I don't think of you want to call you or see you in Rebecca. I miss you and love you dearly.
The reason I choose this pictures is because it's the last memory I have with you. We were up in Dunnellon for Aunt Carolyn and Uncle Charles 50th Anniversary and we stopped in to see Beau. This about 3weeks before I had Rebecca and little over 4wks before you passed. You were the one to take the picture.
| Sandy Frye |
I was about 16 and you called just to see what I was doing I told you I was out of smokes and you took a taxi to bring me a carton. Of course you also ruined my first date ever. He picked me up and you sat in the middle, telling the date you will not touch my niece! Of course I don't have to say there was not a 2nd date. You went to see Loretta Lynn and you asked her for her autograph on the back of my picture! You waited for the cows to poo and then threw it at me! The best memory EVER you kept trying to set me up with someone named Kevin I told you NO, I came to your house for a 2 week visit and guess who came to dinner! The man I married for 30 yrs now and I love him so. For that I can't thank you enough. OMG I forgot we tied you to a tree and the old hound dog we had pee'd on you and we laugh so hard! Or when you taught me to do donuts in my Dad's freshly grass seeded 2 acers! I loved it but Dad well???? When Grandma was sick and you made sure (even though you were sick) that Aunt Nancy and I always had a home cooked meal. The way you loved your family so much. How you were like a rock but a teddy bear inside. When you had the 7 bypasses in 1994 and I asked you how you felt and you shot me the bird, I knew you would be okay then! When you would come to my house and comfort me because we both knew that the end was near and we talked about what you thought and how you felt. When we got the call that you were in ICU and would not make it, the plug was pulled and you still fought, and I thought okay he will make it and say you f______ pulled the plug on me and laugh at us. It did not turn out that way. Then when god did take you to be an angel we all were sitting in the parking lot of the hospital haveing a beer and said this one is for you and the street light that was out came on, it was as if you were saying good job guys! I love you always!!!!