On March 18, 1929 Herbert Fantle came into the world. Which means today he celebrated his 82th birthday. To honor this day my parents, little brother and myself went over to his and my grandma's house. My grandma made us a wonderful dinner of corn-beef as a nod to St. Patrick's Day which was yesterday.
I really enjoyed spending this quality time with my grandparents. My grandpa is a very unique man with and interesting past, he was born an only child in Austria. He and his family were forced to move out of the country because they were Jewish and they would have been killed by the Nazis if they stayed. My great-grandpa actually spend some time in a concentration camp so the danger was real. Because of the Holocaust, which killed off a lot of him family, my grandpa doesn't have many living relatives. He only has a few left and they are all very distant. His family eventually ended up in America. While he met and married Betty Waller and had two baby boys, one of which is now my father.
I used to always think my grandpa was a grumpy old man. My grandpa barely ever smiles. He also has a interesting sense of humor that I am just beginning to understand. I now think my grandpa is hysterical, in the most bizarre way but funny none the less ;). He can always make me chuckle and spending time with him gives me time to try out some of my own jokes. I hope I can celebrate many more birthdays with my grandpa Herb because I love him a lot. <3
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