Page 277 - Nji jete ne mes kosoves

274
with him playing with us for a few minutes. However, the relationship totally changes as one gets older. It wasn’t until I was 16 years old that I truly began to bond with my grandfather. That is when we began to spend time together and really just talk to one another. We talked about things I never would have learned from him had I not taken the time to ask. He often teased me as well as the rest of the kids about everything and anything he could think of at the time, but never too much to hurt our feelings or offended us in any way.
His biggest concern when it came to me was when I was going to get married. No matter what we were doing or what we were talking about, he would always somehow bring the subject back to marriage. He couldn’t understand why school was so important to me that I would put my future on hold. He could never see how an education would be more important to me than finding someone to settle down with and start a family. He use to tell me that if I kept this up I would never get married and that was unacceptable to him. He wanted to make sure that I would on day be happy with a family of my own.. So last year when I got engaged I remember he was so happy and proud of me. I remember the first time he saw me after I got engaged he didn’t know what to do or say to me so he ended up giving me a hug and telling me to close my mouth and watch what I do because if I messed things up he would show me.
All these things that I have mentioned are just some of many things about Baba Met that I will always remember. However, I think the thing that stands out most in my mind and will always remind me of Baba Met are his two favorite words: “That’s OK.”