Nobody greeted us like Uncle Roy. His attention was fixed to kiss the person with whom he was interacting. Everybody in a big family has a thing that marks them out. Uncle Roy's was his special kisses. He loved loving people and it was evident in how he greeted us.
Grandma Delaphena probably loved him best because he had a cuteness and a tenderness that was delightful. She never talked about how she cared for any of her other children. She talked about how she would greet him coming home from school and have 2 or 3 cookies and a cup of milk for him to study and do his homework with. Her tenderness was clearly passed onto him through her care for him. He also cared for others with the same tenderness.
What a meek man and how I miss him.
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