Rosemary Warner (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} rjw76) wrote,@ 2008-11-26 23:34:00 |
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Alan Renshaw, 1918-2008
So, my grandpa died yesterday, not entirely unexpectedly, painlessly and peacefully, and with family at his side. Pretty much the best way possible for him to go.
Grandpa had a stubborn streak a mile wide when it came to doctors. The only time he ever saw a medical professional in his adult life was when his foot was run over by a double-decker bus. Ironically, this means that they have to do a post-mortem for legal reasons as he has no medical notes :P
Which is pretty much how I'll remember him, really- someone who was always very self-sufficient (and, of course, the small bit of me that is still four and being held up by him so I could pretend to be an aeroplane...)
I have one little request: no comments of random sympathy, as they make me twitch violently. I have not turned comments off as usually this is only done when someone makes a controversial post they know is wrong, and it also makes me twitch violently ;-)
So, my grandpa died yesterday, not entirely unexpectedly, painlessly and peacefully, and with family at his side. Pretty much the best way possible for him to go.
Grandpa had a stubborn streak a mile wide when it came to doctors. The only time he ever saw a medical professional in his adult life was when his foot was run over by a double-decker bus. Ironically, this means that they have to do a post-mortem for legal reasons as he has no medical notes :P
Which is pretty much how I'll remember him, really- someone who was always very self-sufficient (and, of course, the small bit of me that is still four and being held up by him so I could pretend to be an aeroplane...)
I have one little request: no comments of random sympathy, as they make me twitch violently. I have not turned comments off as usually this is only done when someone makes a controversial post they know is wrong, and it also makes me twitch violently ;-)
