http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/05/31/granddads-blog-entry/ Joey deVilla's Personal Blog Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:48:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/05/31/granddads-blog-entry/comment-page-1/#comment-19005 Anonymous Tue, 01 Jun 2004 21:47:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/05/31/granddads-blog-entry/#comment-19005 Too bad more of today's doctors don't consider their work a vocation and a chance to seve mankind. Too bad more of today’s doctors don’t consider their work a vocation and a chance to seve mankind.

]]> http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/05/31/granddads-blog-entry/comment-page-1/#comment-19004 Anonymous Tue, 01 Jun 2004 02:12:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/05/31/granddads-blog-entry/#comment-19004 What a wonderfut bit of family history to have in your possession. The interesting thing is that the thoughts are as useful today as they were seventy years ago. Pass it on to your children. harvey What a wonderfut bit of family history to have in your possession. The interesting thing is that the thoughts are as useful today as they were seventy years ago. Pass it on to your children.
harvey

]]> http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/05/31/granddads-blog-entry/comment-page-1/#comment-19003 Anonymous Mon, 31 May 2004 21:15:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/05/31/granddads-blog-entry/#comment-19003 There are tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat. Could you put your Granddad's name on the blog entry? Such good sentiments should not go uncredited. --Bob. There are tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat.
Could you put your Granddad’s name on the blog entry? Such good sentiments should not go uncredited.
–Bob.

]]> http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/05/31/granddads-blog-entry/comment-page-1/#comment-19002 Anonymous Mon, 31 May 2004 20:45:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/05/31/granddads-blog-entry/#comment-19002 Moving and brilliant. Thanks, Joey - and thanks also to your Mom for granting permission to post. Thanks most of all, of course, to your Granddad. Terrific stuff. And I agree - #7 is great. Moving and brilliant. Thanks, Joey – and thanks also to your Mom for granting permission to post. Thanks most of all, of course, to your Granddad. Terrific stuff.
And I agree – #7 is great.

]]> http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/05/31/granddads-blog-entry/comment-page-1/#comment-19001 Anonymous Mon, 31 May 2004 19:16:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/05/31/granddads-blog-entry/#comment-19001 It sounds to me like the world was robbed of yet another true asset, the type of which there are too few. The small sample of your GrandDad's writing indicates that he recognized the need to think about others first and it seems that this is a very rare trait though desparately needed in our world. Based on your previous posts I get the impression that he really lived life and in the process he changed the lives of many for the better. Like Gideon said, you must be proud of his legacy. By publishing these writings you have the potential to inspire others to strive for similar goals and that only furthers the grandness of that legacy. Peace to you and your family. It sounds to me like the world was robbed of yet another true asset, the type of which there are too few. The small sample of your GrandDad’s writing indicates that he recognized the need to think about others first and it seems that this is a very rare trait though desparately needed in our world.
Based on your previous posts I get the impression that he really lived life and in the process he changed the lives of many for the better. Like Gideon said, you must be proud of his legacy. By publishing these writings you have the potential to inspire others to strive for similar goals and that only furthers the grandness of that legacy. Peace to you and your family.

]]> http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/05/31/granddads-blog-entry/comment-page-1/#comment-19000 Anonymous Mon, 31 May 2004 18:33:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/05/31/granddads-blog-entry/#comment-19000 I agree with Tom; your grandfather's entries are truly timeless. What he wrote sounds as fresh and true as if it were written a day ago, and his sincerity and conviction are evident in every line. Your lolo must have been a very remarkable man, and he appears to have belonged to a family that is equally as remarkable. My best to you all. I agree with Tom; your grandfather’s entries are truly timeless. What he wrote sounds as fresh and true as if it were written a day ago, and his sincerity and conviction are evident in every line. Your lolo must have been a very remarkable man, and he appears to have belonged to a family that is equally as remarkable. My best to you all.

]]> http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/05/31/granddads-blog-entry/comment-page-1/#comment-18995 Anonymous Mon, 31 May 2004 17:10:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/05/31/granddads-blog-entry/#comment-18995 Why thank you, Adina! Why thank you, Adina!

]]> http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/05/31/granddads-blog-entry/comment-page-1/#comment-18993 Anonymous Mon, 31 May 2004 17:09:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/05/31/granddads-blog-entry/#comment-18993 Yeah, number seven was my favourite too. I'll have to post it somewhere on my desk. Yeah, number seven was my favourite too. I’ll have to post it somewhere on my desk.

]]> http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/05/31/granddads-blog-entry/comment-page-1/#comment-18999 Anonymous Mon, 31 May 2004 16:20:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/05/31/granddads-blog-entry/#comment-18999 Joey, you should consider creating a new weblog with your grandfather's journal entries. Good writing does indeed transcend time. Peace. Joey, you should consider creating a new weblog with your grandfather’s journal entries. Good writing does indeed transcend time. Peace.

]]> http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/05/31/granddads-blog-entry/comment-page-1/#comment-18998 Anonymous Mon, 31 May 2004 15:40:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/05/31/granddads-blog-entry/#comment-18998 Sounds like your grandfather was a fine man......sorry for your loss. Sounds like your grandfather was a fine man……sorry for your loss.

]]> http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/05/31/granddads-blog-entry/comment-page-1/#comment-18997 Anonymous Mon, 31 May 2004 15:36:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/05/31/granddads-blog-entry/#comment-18997 You're a lucky grandson, Joey, to have such a legacy. You’re a lucky grandson, Joey, to have such a legacy.

]]> http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/05/31/granddads-blog-entry/comment-page-1/#comment-18996 Anonymous Mon, 31 May 2004 15:13:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/05/31/granddads-blog-entry/#comment-18996 When you mentioned that you had to attend your grandfather's funeral on Saturday, I did not realize that it was for your actual lolo (as opposed to an extended family member who you considered a grandparent of sorts). I did not realize that your lolo had indeed passed away. My sincerest condolences. Thank you for sharing his beautiful writings. From what you have written about him he sounds like he was a wonderful man, and reminds me a lot of my own lolo who died when I was a child and I who still miss. When you mentioned that you had to attend your grandfather’s funeral on Saturday, I did not realize that it was for your actual lolo (as opposed to an extended family member who you considered a grandparent of sorts). I did not realize that your lolo had indeed passed away. My sincerest condolences. Thank you for sharing his beautiful writings. From what you have written about him he sounds like he was a wonderful man, and reminds me a lot of my own lolo who died when I was a child and I who still miss.

]]> http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/05/31/granddads-blog-entry/comment-page-1/#comment-18994 Anonymous Mon, 31 May 2004 15:12:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/05/31/granddads-blog-entry/#comment-18994 that is lovely and thoughtful. thanks for putting this up! Adina that is lovely and thoughtful.
thanks for putting this up!
Adina

]]> http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/05/31/granddads-blog-entry/comment-page-1/#comment-18992 Anonymous Mon, 31 May 2004 08:45:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/05/31/granddads-blog-entry/#comment-18992 I really like number 7. Your Granddad's a good man. I really like number 7. Your Granddad’s a good man.

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