Lexi’s Eulogy for her Grandfather

Eulogy for my grandfather, Gilbert Garber
Lexi Garber
May 27, 2007

I would call him grandpa Giggy. He would teach everyone what was right and what was wrong. He would believe in every one of us and never yell. My father is his son. Most, if not all, of the things that Giggy taught my father has come down through him to me. My father always wanted me to love golf but I never did. But when Giggy tried to teach me tennis I would do it for him and then found out that it was sooo much fun.

I used to curse A LOT and my father made a deal every time I heard him curse I would get a dollar. Giggy made the deal that if he ever cursed I would get five dollars…I never got the five dollars from him.

Giggy would teach me chess. I have learned the games and the tricks from him. I am not close with my mother’s family so it was like Giggy was my only grandpa. At my end of the year concert the 8th graders sang the song “Do I Make You Proud.” I was singing it to my teacher and I was crying with everyone else. But the only difference between them and me was that I was not only singing it to my teacher, I was singing it to Giggy. Giggy I hope that I have made you proud.

This past Saturday (May 19,2007) I had my 8th grade prom. Before I left for it I found out how bad Giggy was doing. When I first got there it seemed like my night would be ruined. But it wasn’t instead my friends came and comforted me. My newest friend, Brandon, told me that he had lost both of his grandparents and to make the most of the time left. He really helped me understand that no matter what happens they will always live in your heart.

I have recently found out that I was the last grandchild to have any “real” time with him. He played chess and he beat me both times. He was always making us laugh and treating us like it was his last day…for me it was his last. I never got to see him again. I had the choice of coming up to Boston before he passed away…but I couldn’t. I wanted to remember him as the chess master that he is. He will always live in my heart.

Your granddaughter,
Lexi