Mr. D.John - my Grand Father

Whispers of Morning Dew...

My second post here :

Could not write much the past 3-4 days due to my Sharon's [daughter] inter-school competitions...Am glad to be back here ...

My first post was about my Beloved Teacher.. who taught me more than just Anatomy!

This post is about my dearest grand dad - Late Mr. D. John {5th Nov 1925 - 27th Dec 2006}

My grand father was the best husband, best father and best grand father I hav ever come across. He taught me a lot through his silent ways.. through his love and care.. through his songs... his outlook on human life and its values.. even through the way he perceived things which was not meaningful to him perhaps at that moment in time...

He was always the first to buy me good food, great clothes, anything that I required.. always the best host for my friends..

He was a noted speaker, having delivered innumerable speeches in churches, community halls etc. He was the founder of the YMCA in Kulanada [ my native place] .. the first to build a church-coordinated school there.. gave jobs to many educated women in and around the village.. till today, there are many men and women who became bread - winners solely due to my grand dad's helping hand.

One of the greatest character I hav taken note of and also adapting in my life at present is his way of "giving cheerfully" to others.. It doesnt matter whether he has money saved for future purposes, he would simply give cheerfully to those who deserves.. in fact, not only money.. but food too. Any one who hungered always has receieved their belly full , if they came to him..

When I was small, he used to teach me Math... since he was a Math teacher [ retired as DEO..!! ] .  I remember being scared of him only then.. But as I climbed heights - slowly but surely - he was proud of me and would often say so.. Wished to see me finish my MDS and acquiring a respectable job.. But God had decided his days and called him back to Heaven - at the appointed time.

Do I complain to God that my grand father was not alive for a few more months?? yes, I do , some times- human that I am !
Do I miss my grand father?? Oh very very ........terribly.
Do I think of him often in a day?? Oh my! not a single day passes by without remembering his jokes..his smile.. his speech.. his omlettes.. his way of making funny faces at us... his wonderful tongue in relishing any good food..

He always used to say " No one should think of us with thankfulness in their hearts that we hav left this earth, rather , we should leave them with memories they can always smile upon, with thoughts of us swelling their hearts with pride. Only then would our lives be complete, our work on earth finished".

Yes, thats what I wish too - now.

May God help us to become such people.. such wonderful beings who would always bring smiles on faces with our very thoughts... not only to our loved ones but also to all those who may know us as we trod this Earth and run our good race!