Friday, July 25, 2014
I am Abby, the first grand daughter of David Doherty.
Honestly, I dont know much about my grandfather, considering it has been almost 9 years since he has passed. Now it doesnt feel like he was ever here, it feels like the only little memories of him are dreams and seeing this now makes me remember how much he still impacts my life after not even seeing him since I was only 8 years old.
David, or as i called him, " Ginny" and " Grand-dad" was a big tall and kinda scary man in my eyes as a 8 year old girl. He wore grey socks and usually dark tee shirts or sweaters. He had large shoulders that I would sometimes sit on as we walked through " tree town" a trail he made through the woods when I was little.
He walked me through that same path almost every day, not even complaining about it. He'd walk us through and we'd talk about his past pets and such. we would walk by some old matresses left over and he would always threaten my younger sister and I " you're gonna end up sleeping there" and we'd giggle and yell " NOO!" and this would happen at least once a month. He always had pink pepermints in his pockets and he'd always give me one, to this day I still love pink pepermints and would recieve them from my grandmother, (his wife) as a gift on christmas.
Grand-dad was the first man to see our haircuts after we got them done, he was the first person I'd look for after getting off pre-school. We'd head straight to mcdonalds where he'd buy me a kids meal. He'd take my sister and I down to the irving that used to be on that corner and buy us each a surprise bag. He was the man who woke us up when we stayed the night by growling like a bear and tickling our feet.
9 years is a long time, seeing now there is no pictures or memories I'd like to be the first. I hope someone does see this memory even though it is not so much a memory. Thank you.
