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[Pinocchio]

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I am just loving the image of an 100 year old somewhere spending time on fandomsecrets though, as hard as it is to believe.

He wanted to put something on the internet and stay private about it. I told him about fandomsecrets and had him write something he wanted to tell the world. I corrected the spelling, but left the words themselves unchanged. Great granddad grew up pretty poor. He had "learning trouble with reading" (revealed to be dyslexia) and always did labor intensive work that didn't require much reading.

Well one day he dropped his tools and a gorgeous brunette in a white dress helped him pick them up. He said he looked into her big brown eyes and knew he found the woman of his dreams. (He often tells me, "Nick, when the right woman comes along, you'll know.") They dated for a couple years. She didn't care he only had a tiny house and the clothes on his back. They were peas in a pod and peanut butter to jelly. They had a son and took him to see Pinocchio in theaters together. After, they both looked at the sky and wondered whether the stars were fairies. It was their little joke.

Great grandmama passed on in 1973. He visits her grave on their anniversary and her birthday. Always with red roses, her favorite. She still is his one and only.

My great granddad flew a plane in WWII. He train hopped as a kid and as an adult he built a tree house for a little boy whose family couldn't afford the lumber to do it - but at that time he could. He worked in construction after WWII. He said appreciate jobs when you have them. Use your hands and your brain.

He has shaken the hands of JFK, Nixon, Reagan and Clinton. He went to Woodstock. He saw the Beatles, Elvis, Janis Joplin, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson in concert. He ate lunch next to Buzz Aldrin once.

Although great granddad has seen and done a lot, he always remembered being poor and always tells me I should give to others with less when I can. That's why he built the tree house for the little boy. He didn't have to. The boy's family thanked him by inviting him to dinner and while they didn't have much they gave anyway. Always be generous, the people you're generous to remember you and help you in return.

He's still mobile with a cane. He still drives. He helps in the soup kitchen at church whenever he can. His health is good and oh man is he funny. I showed him 2girls1cup as a joke. He watched it without a word and right after he squinted and said, "It looks like Congress trying to make a decision!" (I swear nothing grosses him out.)

He told me the story of Pinocchio all the time when I was a kid. We watched it together when I was 8 back in 1986. Now we watch it every Christmas. If I have kids, I'm going to continue that tradition.

At his age I know one day he might be gone. I don't take him for granted. I wish everybody had somebody in their family like him.

For a second I thought you were describing Forrest Gump. But anyways, for this time only, I will shed off my cynical side and believe you- because it is a sweet story.

Goddamn. I'm ok with believing this. Bless you and your great-granddad.

It seems entirely possible to me. I've got a 102-year-old cousin who is still going strong.

Also, my father was born in the early nineteen-twenties - and although he was still a boy when he saw "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," he also loved it as an adult. You have to remember, well-animated feature-length cartoons were pretty rare back then, and Disney took pains to make those early movies memorable. They left an impression we can't begin to imagine today.

So - Very Happy Birthday, OP, and many more!

OMG, this is the best secret. Bless his heart, and yours, poster-anon.

aw that's sweet

I didn't mean to be cynical with my comment, I just wanted to see how old he would've been when the movie came out and I did it wrong, and thought the result was funny

That's the sweetest story ever, OP. Give your great-grampa my best wishes and admiration, he sounds like an amazing man!

That a bunch of people he doesn't know and probably won't meet wished him a happy birthday, thought it was a sweet secret, congratulated him on a life well-lived, and hope he will be around to do things like this for years to come.

Your granddad sounds like he was an amazing person, and I'm glad to hear he's still going strong. :)

Your great grandfather sounds like quite the man. Tell him congrats on 100, and the internet thinks his secret is great.

This is really, really sweet. ;____; Thank you for sharing this.

Please wish your great grandfather a very, very, very happy birthday. I have tears in my eyes. Thank you for doing this!

This is what a truly beautiful life should be like.
Happy birthday to your grandfather, all the best and may he live a hundred more.

This is the best thing I've ever seen on f!s. happy belated birthday to your great grandpa! I hope he enjoys all the well wishes from Internet strangers :)

Okay, wow. I was in the "disbelief but maybe" camp, but this... this is beautiful, and I have tears in my eyes. Thank you for sharing, and please pass on to your great-granda happy birthday wishes and that he made at least this F!Sers day a little brighter. :)

Your great granddad sounds pretty awesome. I hope he had a great birthday.

I was going to post i-want-to-believe.jpg but now I'm just going to go ahead and believe.

Happy 100th birthday, anon! Happy 100th birthday. ♥

Well I cried like a baby, ngl. I choose to believe this secret and I hope your grandad had a lovely birthday

This is the sweetest thing and I hope he had a great birthday! ♥

Yeah, as much as I doubted this secret, I'll chose to believe it's true after seeing this. Day made. :)

Sounds like an awesome guy, and a charming story.

Happy belated Birthday to him.

Please tell him that his secret and his story have inspired me. Thank you for posting it here! And congratulations to him on reaching 100!

That's really amazing.

I hear you, OP's great grandkid! My granddad is much like this in spirit. He's not into fandom, but he's always interested in what I'm doing. Some people just end up meaning so much to you, and have lives you can really respect and learn from.

Give my best wishes and a belated happy birthday to your great granddad! :~)

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