My Daddy's Daddy

Thank you all that have embarked on this 40 day journey with me. Chapter one of The Purpose Driven Life confirmed that nothing happens by chance. If today had never come all those years ago for my grandfather to be born, the man who became my father would not be. My Grandfather was the quiet type, I promise I never witnessed him mad. He was a decorated veteran, but the man I saw come home summer evening after summer evening colored black by long days spent digging for coal was so far removed from those Air Force days. His down time spent near a window enjoying a long game of solitaire, the simple life was all he needed. The father of nine, it was in his illness that his character shined as his children pulled together and in his death no Angel could be prouder than this great father as his children displayed the best of him, no bickering or fighting. Truly a Union family standing as One. I thank God that I am a Mathews because my Daddy's Daddy thought him how to be a man.