Train or plane?
My grandma is also 93 and has just been diagnosed with ALS. Two clients of mine died within the last couple of weeks ... Funerals 'R Us, it seems.

Wind to thy Wings, brother.

Thanks for your support. Would I be in danger of adoptive-parent musclebear violence at Blowoff?

My grandmother is here for the weekend--she's 94 and overall very healthy, except that's she's almost blind, halfway deaf, and stricken with crippling arthritis. She talks frequently about being ready to die and just waiting around "for the Lord to take" her. I don't know what my point is exactly, just that it's sometimes hard to know what to feel about these situations.

you guys think you're gonna breakout and hit the town at all? funurals aren't super festive, but the summer faggotry is real happenin' right now. i wasn't gonna go out this weekend, but i would if i knew y'all would be out... and i could tell you all about rochester ride and how i hooked up with the hottest guy in town ;)

Two things:
1) Sorry to hear about the grandfather passing.
2) I really want to go on a gay cruise.

That was quite funny!

Are you here in NYC all weekend?

Sorry to hear about Rob's grandfather. Give Rob a big 'ol hug from the both of us.

Funeral food is the best! Casseroles! YUM!

I'm sorry to hear of Rob's loss. My thought are with him. As for the Atlantis bag, I have 4 and love them all! On the ferry from PTown to Boston last week I was one of three boys to have one.

My great grandmother lived to be 103. Think of it, a whole century of life.

You are so right about the food too! There was enough food 100 people for a week. hehehe

I can see a future in Tupperware sales for you.

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The funeral is over and we are now home. Thank you for thinking of me. His passing is bittersweet. Of course he will be missed but our family takes solace in that he had a great life. My grandfather (and grandmother too) were amazing individuals.

Their families both immigrated to the Unites States from the same village in Italy. They met one another in NYC and lived there most of their lives, though they eventually moved to Westchester and in their retired years spent winters in FL. They were ahead of their time, having started a business together and building it into a successful venture. My grandfather learned to upholster as a young man and worked his way to the top, eventually opening a furniture manufacturing plant in Hoboken NJ-- which my grandmother ran as well.

They were incredibly generous. Countless people stopped to tell us of all the kind deeds my grandparents did for other people. They did these out of the respect they felt for other people; they never forgot their humble roots and they never expected anything in return. Examples of my grandfather's generosity include: promising their maid's son if he kept his grades up they would send him to college (they did and he is quite successful now), approaching the disadvantaged children (none of whom they knew) who lived around the factory and buying them shoes and school supplies, and finally, upon being asked by the local orphanage to upholster some furniture, realizing he could not afford to pay one of his employees to do the work for free, my grandfather canceled his long planned vacation and upholstered the chairs himself. Of course there are many more stories.

As a grandfather, his generosity knew no limits. I was incredibly lucky to have such an amazing grandfather. And yes there was an abundance of food (we are an Italian family after all) and I traveled to NY with my Atlantis bag.

What remarkable and wonderful people your grandparents must have been, Rob. My heartfelt condolences on your loss, and I celebrate the great man your grandfather was and the positive effect he had on those around him, especially you.