I still use Granddaddy’s pitching wedge, one of the many tools for living he imparted to me.
I taught my 14-year-old son to shave recently, and it took me back to the Norelco electric razor with rotating blades that my grandfather gave me when I was his age.
“Granddaddy” is still with me in many ways. I still use his pitching wedge on the golf course, keep his union card in my desk drawer and show visitors to my office the three now-antique radios he owned. But the real evidence of Granddaddy’s influence can be found in many of the things I value.
He coached me through a 4-H Club biscuit-making contest when I was 9 years old and celebrated the blue ribbon I won. We had to settle for second place the next year with cornbread, but to this day I think of him every time I make either, using his old aluminum measuring cup to scoop — but not precisely measure — the ingredients. I can hear his voice saying, “Stir it only till the dough follows the fork — no more.” Every activity was instructional and welcome, at least in my memory.
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