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Less "me" more "we"

My paternal grandfather was an amazing man.  He and my dad hunted and collected "Indian Rocks" which he displayed in a "museum" that he built in his yard.  The community would come for tours as well as students from the nearby elementary school. My sisters and I with my Pa Ted on Easter Sunday in Kentucky. My Pa Ted was an extremely religious man.  He loved Jesus, his country, and his family dearly.  He was a pillar in his small community - serving on the fire department for 60 years.  He was a Kentucky Colonel and grew one of the grandest vegetable gardens in the southeastern United States.  He has been gone for three years this December and I miss him so much. We often quote his pearls of wisdom since my dad relayed many of them to us as we grew up.  In high school, I remember complaining about having to go to work and my Dad correcting me to say, "No, you get to go to work today."  He had experienced the same correction from my grandfa...