Aunt Deb's Eulogy

Throughout my life, I have had the chance and opportunity to meet many people who have seen great adversity in their life, but one person that sticks out in my mind is when I am sitting in the audience at my grandpa’s funeral listening to my Aunt Deb give her eulogy.
My grandpa, Arvid, was a laid back and easy going kind of person. Nothing you said seemed to ever get under his skin. Even when you said something embarrassing or stupid he would simply look at you with a twinkle in his eyes and ask “why”? Besides learning, literature, and reading the bible, understanding people and what made their world spin was one of his favorite challenges he faced. As my Aunt Deb is telling the story, “He was the kind of person to pick up a hitchhiker, and