@paladin5150 My grandfather just died. He was 106. Not looking for a response or sympathy; you're one of seven adults I have any contact with and wanted to tell someone (so, you and Velvet).
@vwfringe - Good Sir, you get both a response from me and my deepest sympathies and condolences. As our older relatives, friends and acquaintances age out, subconsciously, we realize that they may soon shed their mortal coils, but still, it is never easy when they do. I hope he "went peacefully" in slumber, and if so, that it brings you some measure of comfort, that my words may not. I do not know if you are religiously or spiritually inclined, so I will simply offer you the same hope people of faith hold dear:
...having a hope in God, for which these men are waiting, that there shall certainly be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous. (Acts 24:15)
...Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment. (John 5:28-29)
...But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love. (1 Corinthians 13:13)
These are some of the words that brought me comfort when my own Mom passed, and, I hope they can also offer you a modicum of such also. Take care my friend.....
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