The Memoirs of an Eighty year Old- Episode XIII

Episode - Surprise Gift

Hii peeps.. I know you are waiting and expecting this post to be the second part of the wedding post. But you will just have to wait a teeny bit longer for that. Grandpa celebrated his 80th birthday recently and being an audience of a small part of it made me want to write about it.
 
So firstly, Belated Happy Birthday Gramps.. You are now officially 80 years young.. 

Being in my twenties I cannot even imagine what it feels to experience various emotions and adventures for eight decades of one's life. All I know is that it's definitely not easy. Kudos to you grandpa. You aced it, in my opinion.

Right, so I go to wish him and find the house filled with people. It was a surprise for him to have most of loved ones around him and trust me he literally glowed. Grandma was equally elated.

Now I want to tell you readers about the special gift he received from them. A scrapbook with handwritten messages from every family member and few of the various pictures they took. I sat and read the entire scrapbook mainly because I wanted to write about it. ☺


But going through it made me realize the extent of the love and respect they have for him. It has no bounds. Be it a two line message or a forty lines one the emotion remained the same throughout. 

Hatsoff to the sister-brother duo, (Ap, An) for working on it, in secret.  The messages were beautiful to read. One or two especially tugged at my heart, though I am not revealing which. ☺

I only pray to God to give grandpa and grandma good health for many many years to come so that they can continue to enjoy the love of their family.. ☺


The next episode is definitely the second part of their wedding..  Till then, be happy, be good...