He woke up at [[6:00am again]]. I didn't want to wake up at this time but I kept reminding myself that I might only have a few years, few months, or a few days left with him. I have to take advanatage.
I saw him sitting on the backyard porch again in his rocking chair, watching the birds. He always wakes up around this time. I don't know why. It must be an old person thing. I was wondering if, maybe this time, I [[should ask him]]why he wakes up so early or just [[leave it be]] When I went to his porch, i asked him, "Grandad, why do you keep waking up at this hour? Why not sleep?
I thought to myself that maybe it's too [[early for him]] to answer me properly or [[maybe it's not]]. Either way, I wanted to know ...whether I found out now or later.
Sometimes I don't like to ask too many questions. He's answered enough questions in his life.
I went up to him, sat in the rocking chair next to him and said "Good Morning Grandad", he responded, "Good morning, nice to see you again".
I notice he had [[toast on his plate]]. He was sipping on coffee and eating his breakfast. He clearly didn't hear me because he was so focused on his toast.
He looked at me after eating a few more bites and asked me, "Are you hungry?"
I thought about it for a few moments. It was 6 in the morning and I have been waking up every morning to see him. My stomach is always hungry. However, sometimes I'm not always focused on food, but rather him and his well being instead. I I could have said
[["Yes, I am"]] or [["No, not really"]]He responded to my question and stated,
" You young folk consider anything before the afternoon as "early". Look at the birds, the green grass, the trees and the sunrise. This is not early, this is the start of the day. Early is midnight.
I didn't question anything he said anymore.
He looked at his breakfast of coffee and toast then he looked at me. He asked meHe looked at his breakfast, the [[toaast on his plate]] then he looked at me and said
" Do you want to learn how to make toast?"
I wasn't sure whether to laugh, be offended or surprised. I know how to make toast perfectly fine and well. But I kept reminding myself that today could be my last day with him, I'll never know.
I thought some more about his question [[do you want to learn how to make toast]]
Maybe I don't want to since I already know how to. His eyebrows raised in question as if it was silly of me not to be hungry at this hour.
He looked at me and said [[do you want to learn how to make toast]]? He looked at me and asked,
[[do you want to learn how to make toast]] I responded to him and said, " Yes, Grandad I would love to learn how to make toast. How do you make it.
I assumed he was either [[going to get up]] or [[tell me how to make it]]