I didn't get to have much older people around me so it's so easy to remember any I came across and how they were to me even if it was just for a brief moment because these set of people I consider to be very interesting to be with, listen to and even to just watch how they do. I would have shared about my grandma again but I wouldn't want to have some repetitions on my posts since I've once written about her.
I decided to share about an older man I got the opportunity to live with for a year before I left his home... I called him "Papa" too much that I can't remember his real name at the time of writing this post. I would have to ask my sister about it later lol.
We got to start living with Papa through an aunt of mine who took it upon herself to care for him so we also became his care givers even though we did almost nothing for him and he hated to see little kids working too hard haha. Papa would shout at my aunt if he hears our little one crying and he would draw her close to pet her with money to get sweets and biscuits.
Papa would always smile to us, telling stories everyday and never give a blind eye if you do something wrong especially to him and the older ones in the house. Papa loved us so much that he couldn't stop saying how much he values our presence with him, it seem like all his children had traveled abroad so he was left to live alone in his old age 🥲 even at that, Papa is the wisest man I've come across from the way he thinks and speaks.
Papa loved to read newspapers, I can still remember opening a few pages of newspaper and that was definitely an effect of Papa's habit with newspapers on me. He would talk so much about how the government is from what he read and give valuable advices that I can only wish they went to the right ears so our country could be better because they were indeed words of wisdom.
I loved everything about Papa but I wish he stopped taking too much salt, it became an habit like with his newspaper. Papa can be the most funniest person when we're on salt and food topic 😂 he could make his face like a baby when there isn't as much salt as he wants in his meal. We learnt that about him and would always set a separate salt container for him at every meal, he would smile happily, eat with so much sounds, tell food stories that made a lot of sense and he would rub his head to show us that he enjoyed his meal.
Papa was a unique being I came across in my life and I bet his memories will stick for my life time because I felt his impact in just the one year I lived with him. Papa isn't alive anymore but I'm very happy we crossed path and I've kept his wise words at heart. Just to add, Papa was a very handsome oldie 🥰
