Colorado Broadcast Hall of Fame - My Grandad

[ghettodub]

So this may not be of huge interest to anyone else, but I'm pretty proud of it, so I felt like sharing.

I'm fortunate in that I was able to have 30 years with my grandparents; not many people have a relationship with their grandparents for that long. In those years, I was able to to travel to places like England, Kenya, Tanzania, and all across the USA (to name a few) with both of my grandparents.

I was a friend with them, so I could talk to them about work, girls, life, etc...

About four or so years ago, hell, maybe longer now, my grandfather got cancer around his lungs and heart, and was only given a month at most. So he moved in to a hospice, and we thought the end was coming. Then the cancer just "went away", and it baffled the docs.

So fast forward to March or April, and then the cancer returned, and it metastasized in his liver. So, he began in-home hospice, as there weren't a lot of treatment options available. I was able to go and spend time with him up until the end, including his "transition" to death, where it was truly just a shell of him, and not actually a person. He passed away 8 hours after I saw him at that phase.

So which leads me to my post today. My grandfather, Warren Chandler, was a weatherman and news caster in Denver for 30 years. Shortly after he passed, I found that the Broadcast Professionals of Colorado were just finishing applications for their hall of fame induction. So I dug up information and submitted the application, and not long after, was contacted and informed that he was selected, and is one of four people being inducted this year.

The ceremony is a week from this Friday, so I've been sending out my invitations, etc, and today I really just sat back and realized I'm proud of myself for what I've done. He was an incredibly powerful force in my life, and will continue to be. So I guess the moral to what I'm writing today is it's important to know where you came from, what made you that way, and to honor and remember those who have helped you along the way. And don't forget to tell you that you love them.



http://www.broadcastprofessionals.net/

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[BigBear]

Congrats!!!

[Elhuero]

RIP Mr. Chandler, and congratulations.

[StagLefty]

Well done-congrats !!

[Irving]

Great story. I've been spending as much time with my grand farther as I can lately.

[Hoosier]

Good stuff! My grandfathers name is on one of the plaques on the Eisenhower Tunnel. I bet my grandfather watched your grandfather deliver the weather.

H.

[sniper7]

congrats! He would be very proud!