Family “adopt” elderly neighbour as honorary grandpa
Written by Pheodora Waqanibaravi on June 24, 2023
A family ‘adopted’ their elderly neighbour as an ‘honorary grandpa’ and they now spend every major holiday together – including Thanksgiving and Christmas. Sharaine husband Wilson first met Paul, who is 82 years old and a retired Texas Instruments manager, when Wilson began working on their recently purchased home and he offered him a ladder to work with. From then on, it didn’t take very long for the family of eight and their new neighbour to become close and for Paul take on the role of de-facto grandpa. Paul’s wife sadly passed away six months before the family moved into the neighbourhood and Sharaine thinks her family provided an important refuge for Paul. The Caraballo’s and Paul now see each other every other day and Paul is invited to all family cookouts.
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