Happy And Happy Analysis

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Happy, Happy, Happy Happy, happy, happy is credited Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty. However, I believe that my Papaw Larry was saying it before Duck Dynasty. Papaw Larry always said, "I 'm happy, happy, happy!" to show his thankfulness for God. There is not one time I didn 't Hear my Papaw saying "I 'm happy, happy, happy!" that I didn 't feel happy. When I hear the phrase it makes me feel joy, love and sadness. The phrase gives me joy as a Christian. No matter what problems Papaw had, including bad knees, Mamaw Bonnie dying, arthritis, etc., he always had joy in his heart. Papaw like to say "Old Arthur is making my knees hurt." I would always ask, "but Papaw, how is Arthur hurting your knees?" Then he would laugh and say "not Arthur, …show more content…

Papaw Larry loved the Lord, but his life was not perfect. He had arthritis that caused him pain and forced a knee replacement, he lost his wife to disease, and his only grandchild battled a brain tumor, but no matter what he still loved everything God gave him, good and bad. When I wouldn 't eat, Papaw loved me enough to go anywhere and get something for me to eat. We once went to eat for my dad 's birthday, December 19, 2013. I got to choose and picked Fred 's. Papaw Larry went with us that night, we had so much fun. When we dropped him off at home, he turned around and said, "I love you 15 dump truck loads." I said, "I love you a little bit." This was our usual way of saying good-bye but it was also my last time to see him. I didn 't know I would never see my Papaw again, if I had I would 've told him how much he meant to me. So now when I hear "I 'm happy, happy, happy," I think of Papaw and the love he had for me. I also think of God and how Papaw loved Him and how I love …show more content…

He went to feed the deer on his four-wheeler before coming to our house for dinner, but he never made it. I was asleep but when I woke up the phone kept ringing and my dad was gone. My mom kept running upstairs to do laundry every time the phone rang. I kept hearing mom say, "Yes, it 's true" and "He is". When dad came home, I was sitting at the table waiting to eat. Mom had told me "papaw 's sick and won 't be coming tonight." When dad came home he asked, " do you know what 's going on?" "No," I answered. "Papaw Larry had an accident. . ." I interrupted, "He 's dead, isn 't he!" I wasn 't hungry after that. My other grandparents were there to eat dinner and afterwards we opened up our presents. Mom handed me a big box and said "this is from Papaw Larry. He just wrapped it this morning." As I stared at the present, wrapped in newspaper, I tried not to cry. I opened the box to find a giant stuffed alligator. I couldn 't help crying as I said, "PLG (Papaw Larry Gator) I 'm happy, happy,

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