yeh I know what you mean. Two years ago I lost my last grandparent, and I feel so unmoored somehow, like there's hardly anybody walking ahead of me anymore.

Posted by: stephanie at October 26, 2006 5:11 AM

your grandfather must have been quite a man. ww2, KO and VN? wow.

Posted by: adam Forkner at October 26, 2006 11:59 AM

good thing you already have a very amazing name picked out for your son though, waldo mccormick rolls off the tounge, just like ignatius skadden, naming kids after their great grandparents is fun for you and amusing to the rest of the world.

Posted by: elizabeth at October 26, 2006 6:37 PM

yep, ol' grr-dad was a bomber pilot. old school B-17s, B-29s, and B-52s, but i think by Vietnam he was just a flight instructor or something like that. that man had some crazy stories, too bad blogging wasn't around then.

Posted by: matt mc at October 26, 2006 11:27 PM

yeah, i wish Grr Dad had gone by Waldo, but he went by Tom (or Tommy, as my Grr Mom called him). but i agree, Waldo is an amazing name. His mom's name was Marble Fawn, speaking of amazing names.

Posted by: matt mc at October 26, 2006 11:30 PM