Grandpa Sorensen

I just received a phone call from my grandpa & his by far are the phone calls I enjoy the most!! They only last for a minute or so (I seriously think the longest conversation I had with him on the phone was 5 minutes) but they always leave a smile on my face :)

this last conversation went something like this:

A: Hello?
G: (in an excited voice) haha Why Hello!
A: Hi Grandpa! How are you?
G: oh I hope I didn't wake you up (laughs) -he is a little hard of hearing so he sometimes doesn't answer when you ask him questions lol
A: (laughing) No you didn't
G: so whats the good word? -he ALWAYS asks this question :)
A: well I just went and got my license renewed!
G: oh well good for you thats great! that reminds me of that one time when you were driving home from the south and you gave me a ring.. yeah that was really cute (I called him just to say hello when I was driving home from MO over a month ago)
A: haha yes well I am glad you enjoyed it
G: alright well just let your dad know that they are diggin' around here by my place so he can come on over if he'd like to see some dirt piles! - ahahaha he is SO cute!
A: OK Grandpa I will let him know!
G: Oh and while I am on the phone here talking to you, would you like to plant some flowers for me again like you did last year?
A: Sure, I'd be happy to!
G: oh alright then I'll start to figure out what I'd like to be out there
A: Sounds good just let me know
G: Alright honey well it was nice talking to you
A: you as well Grandpa, have a good day!
G: thanks you too, buh bye
A: bye!

I love the fact that the only reason he called was to report to my dad that there were a lot of dirt piles around his house & invited him to come over if he wanted to see :)

One time I visited him around lunch time and he asked if I would like to make myself a sandwich, I said yes and asked him if he had eaten yet, he said no but when I offered to make him one as well he said, "no thank you, I am gonna wait til the garbage man comes to take all my trash" lol it didn't make any sense to me at first but then I realized he probably does this every garbage day, he know that they come around lunch time so he sits at the table watching out the window waiting for them to come, and once they do he goes outside, gets the trash can, brings it into the garage and then makes himself lunch - he has a set schedule and he wasn't about to break it.

my grandpa lives such a great & yet simple life- he sits at home, watches the birds, squirrels, and chipmunks outside (he often makes voices for them as if he knows what they are saying to each other), occasionally he gets up to scare the geese away if there are any in his yard- he HATES geese lol, he people watches and observes the world around him in his cozy little home and waits for his son (my dad), daughter, &/or brother to come visit him or talks to them on the phone throughout the day. He receives much joy hearing from the ones he loves and its no wonder then why a simple phone call means the world to him, so much so that he will talk about for weeks after you called him.

It's these kinds a realization that push me to make more of an effort to call or visit my grandpa throughout the week, cause even just a minute of my time can really make his day. My grandpa truly is a valuable part of my life, & I want to make the most of every opportunity I have with him, while I still can.