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Link to My 31 Days of Things

I touch this bookmark almost every day. This is what my grandchildren call me. I chose this name, Pops, because to me it sounds informal, approachable, and somehow silly or jolly. M, my oldest grandchild calls me Poppy now. 💗 Also this: who doesn't love a pop? Root beer is my favourite. 

Sure, a bookmark is functional first, but it's like those strings attach me to my favourite five little humans. It was a gift from my son's partner who made it for me because she knows I adore books and reading, but better yet it's labeled with my personal grandfatherly directive: to become (like my own Grandma was for me) an always available trusted someone. Dear friends, they are teaching me how to be a better man. 

Furthermore, don't you love the period? Full stop, it emphasizes that for the rest of my life, Pops is my ambition, my purpose, my vow.