Another english paper

A Character of Conjecture

Grandpa, an older gentleman with pepper colored hair. His hair cut short around the edges but just long enough on the top to be a comb-over that seldom laid in place. The immense, old blue recliner constituted the central place in the house to find him reading a newspaper with his magnifying glasses appearing as if he were a spaceship pilot directing a mission only he was aware of. If he didn’t have his magnifiers on, his black thick rimmed frames covered half of his face. His wrinkly skin like waves in an ocean spread across his weathered face, earned over the years of hard work.

His cold, over-sized hands that held dear all things from the daily paper, to his grandchildren’s hands, and finally to the waist of his wife of over fifty years, Grandma Betty. My Grandpa’s fingers were hard but wrinkly from having his blood sugar checked multiple times a day. He would take joy in that time by trying to get his grandchildren to holler ouch for him. Then if his grandkids would not holler then he would make a big deal out of it even if it did not really hurt. Eventually he would make his way to the breakfast table.

In the kitchen at the table grandpa would eat half a grapefruit, an egg, and sausage. As soon as he was finished he would start teasing the grandchild sitting nearest to him. Under the table he would grab their feet and see if they had socks on. If they did not have any socks on he would start playing ‘this little piggy went to market’. After a few times of that little game of tease he would ask if you wanted to count his toes. He would then take one of his Velcro shoes and his socks off. All that remained on the one foot was two toes. So he would then take off his other shoe and sock to count the toes on that foot. The other foot held only three toes. So it took both of grandpa’s feet to be able to play ‘this little piggy’.

This body never fought in a war, flew an airplane, or won a marathon, but he was as much of a hero in the minds of his grandchildren as someone that did.