Goodbye

Today my family went through their second saddest event in United States. We sent away our second grandfather to his new life. He lived a life that made him happy, a life full of friends, family, his undeniable love for food, his long and detailed toasts during family dinners and his relentless pursuit of learning new things by asking a million questions. He could not live a moment without occupying himself with various tasks like gardening, working on cars, building things, or remodeling stuff at the house. After his first stroke his only worries were on how fast he could recover to go back to work. Unfortunately, cancer got to him sooner than we wanted to and after several weeks of agony he was finally taken from us on 04/13/2007.

He was my hero, a hero who fought in World War II. A hero who came back to his country of Azerbaijan and started a family filled with dreams. After being forced out of his country he relocated for another chance to continue his legacy. Eventually he came to United States to spend the last part of his life with his family.

Today my tears were filled with sorrow and contentment. It was hard for me to let go of him, but I knew that his suffering was now over and he will finally rest in peace and live through our memories forever. He left us as a happy man surrounded with friends and family.

I will miss you grandpa