Today would have been my grandfather's 99th birthday. Charles Walter Vick was born in 1911 and passed away in 2001.
Like most grandpas, he always had a story to tell. Like most granddaughters, I always believed his stories were true.
He told a story about when he was living alone (batchin', as he called it, living as a bachelor) and working as a cowboy. It seems that every evening, just about supper time, an acquaintance would ride up on his horse and stop for a visit. Being polite, my grandpa would offer him some food. And, the guy would accept his offer. The situation continued until the guy was coming over every night for supper. Well, Grandpa decided he really couldn't afford to keep feeding the friend. So, one night, after they had finished eating, he took the plates and put them on the floor. Grandpa's dog came over and licked the plates clean. Grandpa picked up the plates, looked them over to make sure they were "clean" and then put them up in the cabinet, as the friend watched. Interestingly enough, that guy never came for supper again.
Today, write a letter about your grandfather. Tell one of his stories. If you don't know any of his stories, ask him to tell you one. If you can't ask him, ask someone else to tell you something about your grandfather. If that's not possible either, do some research and see what you can find out about him. Then, put that information in a letter. Send the letter to a relative who will be most interested, your own children or grandchildren, a cousin, etc.
Letter writing topic for July 16, 2010
(The picture is of my grandparents, Charles Walter and Lilly Vick)
Your prompts are quite inspiring. I'm trying to write more letters but never thought of using a prompt to inspire one.
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