Smiles and Pouts and Goodbyes

Mr. Nola Nerd Couple’s grandfather passed away last week. He lived a long, productive life full of good works. He was a member of the greatest generation. He volunteered at the Larose Civic Center right until the end. Today, we put him to rest. We wish we would have gotten the baby and her grandfather together more often, but the times we did were extremely special to us. Even though the meetings were full of smiles and pouts, they still were special times.

The Nola Nerd Baby spent a couple of afternoons with him. On the first one, she was all smiles and totally enthralled with her great-grandfather.

He was 97 years old; she was 87 days old. Yet, they were kindred spirits.

On the second trip, she was not having a good day. She threw one of her few tantrums that day.

Still, she was cute, and her great-grandfather enjoyed every moment of it. The more she boudé (cajun for being upset…not sure if the spelling is right), the bigger her bahbin (cajun for pout…again, not sure of spelling…I did check the internet and got 3 different spellings), the larger his laugh became.

These photos, and this blog, in particular, will be shared with her when she gets older.  You can’t know where you are going unless you know where you have been.

These photos, and this blog, in particular, will be shared with her when she gets older.

You can’t know where you are going unless you know where you have been.