After he retired, my grandfather used to sit on his porch with his radio, newspapers and notebook for hours. He spent a lot of time there. In fact, his children called him “deputy of the veranda” when he prematurely retired from politics. During the holidays, on that same porch, we spent so much beautiful time with him, talking and playing games, especially Checkers. He taught all of us, his grandchildren, how to play Checkers; but above all, he enjoyed distracting us to cheat at the game, so he was always winning! I wish he was still alive so we could play together for his birthday. He would have been 80. Rest in power, grandpa. ~shared by @janinegaelle