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My name is Michael Wolcott. My grandfather passed away four weeks ago. He was 78 years old. My...

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 01:03:45 -0400

My name is Michael Wolcott. My grandfather passed away four weeks ago. He was 78 years old. My family cleaned his house out three weeks ago, and one of the things we kept was the computer we gave him for Christmas two years ago. It was always running whenever we would go over to his house, and we never really knew what he spent his time doing with it. He would always talk to my cousin and me about emailing us, but we never received any email from him. Yesterday I decided to plug his computer in and look around to see what my grandpa had been doing with it, and I found this blog in his web history. I read through all of what he had written, and I read through all of the messages in his inbox. I also thought for a long time about what I should say here, if anything.

My cousin Amelia and I used to spend a lot of time at my grandma and grandpa’s house when we were little, because both of our families lived in the same city as them. But ever since our families moved to different towns 6 or 7 years ago, we began seeing less and less of grandpa. The last time either of us saw him before he died was this past Christmas, and I can’t even remember when I saw him before that. I’ve spent the last three weeks feeling really guilty about not spending enough time with him these past few years. And I’m sure I will keep feeling that guilt for a long time. But after reading through all of the messages he received from you all, I’m amazed at how many people out there – people who never even met him – were so interested in him and cared about him.

So thank you all for spending the last year of my grandfather’s life making him feel like he had someone to talk to. It was more than Amelia or I had been doing for him.

I also want to encourage anyone out there reading this to take a minute to call your own grandpas, or grandmas, or even mom and dad to say hello, and to let them know that you’re thinking about them. I wish that I had done the same.

Thank you, and goodbye.

i don't

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 23:58:29 -0500

amelia

Hello Mr. Wolcott, how are you liking your life alert.

Sat, 12 Feb 2011 10:36:10 -0500

i was sleeping and i rolled over and laid on the button and the voice woke me up and frightened me

my son johnathan bought me the life alert

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:13:44 -0500

amelia michael pklease call hos[pital

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 01:55:40 -0500

Do you have any feelings on the correct tractor model to buy if one is to be pulling stumps out of a neighbor's yard?

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:40:50 -0500

WHEN I HAVE TIME REMIND ME TO TELL YOU THE STORY OF WHEN I WAS A YOUNG MAN AND HOW A NEIGHBOR OF MIND ASKED ME TO PULL UP A STUMP BUT I HAVE TO GO TO THE STORE NOW

MICHAEL ASK YOUR MOTHER IF SHE NEEDS ANYTHING

google

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:51:19 -0500

e _ mail google

Video

Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:18:06 -0500

email amelia your mother told me about your report card and i would like to talk to you

hey, i love you.

Sun, 23 Jan 2011 15:26:57 -0500

amelia where have you been

my bones hurt from the cold and i fell down

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:34:00 -0500

michael?

mr. johnathan wolcott. no one likes me and it makes me really said. i dont have any family members except my mom. im a loser. what do i do?

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:56:21 -0500

i dont know what are you asking me for

the snowplows knocked down my mailbo

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:38:52 -0500

amel

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:02:07 -0500

amel

I hope you had a good Christmas and New Year. Is there anything special you would like to do in 2011?

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 06:03:34 -0500

i hope i make it through this year

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Sat, 01 Jan 2011 14:36:35 -0500

how did you draw this

Remember remember the 5th of November!

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 13:59:39 -0500

i don’t remember what happened on november 5th but i suppose i was at home

google?

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 22:06:30 -0500

i still don’t understand

that

Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:32:40 -0500

the snow

Sun, 26 Dec 2010 19:17:31 -0500

what was your favorite year and why?

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:00:07 -0500

my favorite year was 1978 and ill never forget it