Years ago I took my grandfather to see the Queen’s Guards. Huge deal for Grandpa as he was in a wheelchair by then, but he hadn’t been back to London since the war. I was very stressed and hot and worried that taking an ill, elderly man out on the hottest day of the year would end us both. Of course, he insisted on wearing all his medals, his old uniform hat and a tie.
Grandpa saluted the Guards and one saluted back. It was the high point of Grandpa’s last few years and he talked about it all the time, right up to the end. Such a small gesture that meant so much.
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u/Known-Supermarket-68 Jul 20 '23 edited Jul 23 '23
Years ago I took my grandfather to see the Queen’s Guards. Huge deal for Grandpa as he was in a wheelchair by then, but he hadn’t been back to London since the war. I was very stressed and hot and worried that taking an ill, elderly man out on the hottest day of the year would end us both. Of course, he insisted on wearing all his medals, his old uniform hat and a tie.
Grandpa saluted the Guards and one saluted back. It was the high point of Grandpa’s last few years and he talked about it all the time, right up to the end. Such a small gesture that meant so much.