When i was a small boy my mother and father got a divorce. My Mother, sister and I all moved in with my grandparents and lived with them for 9 years. From age 5 till i was 14 I lived with my grand father. He was a my role model and someone I had the utmost respect for. He taught me what honor and being a man was all about. He spent 20 years of his life serving our country in the Navy and air force. On July 5th 2006 my grandfather passed away after his battle with cancer. I lived away from him at the time and when he died I never really had a chance to say goodbye. This piece is one I did as a Christmas gift to my grandmother and a tribute to my late grandfather. This is my goodbye to you and me only hope, where ever you are, you can look at me and be proud knowing that you teachings and the example you showed me in your life was not in vein. I might have grown up without a father but I had you to show me how to be a good man. I miss you grandpa, and I wish i could have said goodbye.