I’m grateful for the 24-hrs I had with my Greek Grandfather

When I 1st met my 92-yr-old grandfather in a little village 4 hours north of Athens, the to start with detail he stated to me was, “Why have you arrive to see me now, like this?”

This was not the spouse and children reunion I anticipated, but it also wasn’t a total shock. 

It is been 20 several years since I travelled to Greece and met my grandfather for the very first and only time. I was 25-yrs-outdated, was named following him and also the only grandchild he experienced however to satisfy. All that meant I was psyched and nervous to see him.  

Back again house, when I was demonstrated photographs of my grandfather, I remember observing a handsome moustached robust-looking Greek patriarchal figure. But when I observed him in human being, it was like a scene straight out of a Euripides enjoy. 

I didn’t know this at the time,

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