Grandpa Dan 1921-2005 He wasn’t really my grandfather. He wasn’t even Dani’s, since he was her step-mother’s father. I guess he was my “step-grandfather-in-law”, which is one of those honorary titles we sometimes give our elders that means only what we want it to. This is a grandparent removed from my blood by TWO marriages. […]
Grandpa
My grandfather, who I was named after, died when I was just a kid. My dad’s father, that is. My mom’s father (the Italian barber named Bruno…I swear) died long before I was born. Cancer. Like just about everyone else in my family who’s dead, except for my brother. I don’t really remember a lot […]