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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,425 posts)
Sun Nov 24, 2019, 04:40 PM Nov 2019

Seen on the web: All he wanted to do was to have one last beer with his sons.

This is NOT my grandfather. {edited after I received a reply with condolences}

Donny Ferguson 🗽 Retweeted

My grandfather passed away today.

Last night all he wanted to do was to have one last beer with his sons.


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Seen on the web: All he wanted to do was to have one last beer with his sons. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2019 OP
What a beautiful picture of your grandfather and his sons! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2019 #1
No. Not my grandfather. This was seen on the web. NT mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2019 #3
Ah, sorry! I had only dimly realized that he wasn't your grandfather... CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2019 #4
I edited the post to add the disclaimer ex post facto. Sorry for the confusion I caused. NT mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2019 #5
No worries! I should have gotten it! I was confused--you weren't! ♥ n/t CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2019 #6
Yeah, but I could have done a better job from the get go. mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2019 #8
Cheers! SallyHemmings Nov 2019 #2
So glad his final wish was realized. StarryNite Nov 2019 #7
Looks like Wisconsin SCVDem Nov 2019 #9
I hope I get to die like that, my sons around me, smiling, my wife holding my hand. NNadir Nov 2019 #10
I'm on board with that. Pacifist Patriot Nov 2019 #11
What a precious moment, wendyb-NC Nov 2019 #12
😍😥 NurseJackie Nov 2019 #13

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,611 posts)
1. What a beautiful picture of your grandfather and his sons!
Sun Nov 24, 2019, 04:51 PM
Nov 2019

It looks like everybody was having such a great time...

I wish we could all pass that way.

My deepest condolences to you, my dear mahatmakanejeeves, and your whole family.

May he rest in peace.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,611 posts)
4. Ah, sorry! I had only dimly realized that he wasn't your grandfather...
Sun Nov 24, 2019, 05:17 PM
Nov 2019

But I'd forgotten by the time I posted.

StarryNite

(9,444 posts)
7. So glad his final wish was realized.
Sun Nov 24, 2019, 05:32 PM
Nov 2019

When it comes down to it, the ones we love are all that matter, not the material things we may have accumulated throughout our lives.

NNadir

(33,515 posts)
10. I hope I get to die like that, my sons around me, smiling, my wife holding my hand.
Sun Nov 24, 2019, 06:05 PM
Nov 2019

It's certainly a way to honor life.

wendyb-NC

(3,325 posts)
12. What a precious moment,
Sun Nov 24, 2019, 06:54 PM
Nov 2019

thanks for sharing it

My heartfelt condolences, to his loved ones. Glad that he got his last wish.

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