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On March 7th 2005,my grandfather passed away.For a while leading up to his death he had been unwell,however,his deathw as due to another unexpected cause.Everyone in the family was shocked.The day before he was just celebrating his 85th birthday;I was later told by my cousin Angel that he was smiling a lot that day.Somehow I had found comfort in that.Granddad's passing is one of the saddest days of my life.Granddad was a remarkable man.He was many thin...
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My dearest Grandpa is one of the most wise,honorable,and talented man you will ever have met.I am beyond lucky to have the highest privilege of being one of his grandchildren to have experienced all the love and warmth he has given to us.It was so easy to see how muchhe loved us through his smiling eyes and big grins whenever he sees us.Whenever we came back to Taiwan I always had the best times spent with my Grandpa.He would always make sure we eat a lo...
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Every time when I think about my grandfather,the first thing that I see is his smile.He had a smile that was so warming and contagious that it would make others smile with him.Every time when I get to see him,he always greets me with that smile and it makes me feel so loved and lucky to have a grandfather like him.I used to hear stories from grandfather's friends and my father about how he would save his comrades from prosecution or how he would help ou...
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Although I never had the chance to see him as much as I would've liked,grandpah ad always been a signifificant figure in my life;I'm sure it was the same with the rest ofm y family.Among my memories of grandpa,I remember him being present when my littleb rother was born,along with grandma he watched over me,which I understand was nota n easy job.I also understand that he was present at my birth as wel1;I was told he wast he one who chose my Chinese nam...
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祖父逝世的那一年,他享壽七十歲,我不到一歲半,差半個多世紀。那個時候,在鄉村照像還不盛行,他未留下任何照片;他的像貌怎樣?我毫無印象。但他死後的半個世紀裡,他一直在我記憶中,對我影響最深和最大。我的後半生生活的模式,性格的濡染,完完全全跟祖父沒有兩樣。祖父死時我還在吃母奶。母親對我這個滿子特別疼愛些,一直容我喫母奶到四歲;一歲半沒有斷奶很正常,喫母奶到四歲,就可見母親對我的寵嬌有些過份。我上面有個姐姐(嗣徽),不幸於十九歲因瘵疾去世;有個哥哥(午威),比...