People Are Freaking Out Over This Girl’s Sad Picture Of Her Grandpa
This is Kelsey Harmon, a college softball player from Oklahoma.
https://twitter.com/kelssseyharmon/status/710257327031451648
“Dinner with papaw tonight…he made 12 burgers for all 6 grandkids and I’m the only one who showed. love him,” she wrote.
Harmon sas now that the six grandkids are older, it is hard for them to all get together like they used to. But, Papaw had asked them to all come over while they were around for spring break.
“He’s always trying to make sure we all stay close to him and close to each other,” she said.
So, Harmon said she showed up on time for the dinner. She said she could tell Papaw was excited because “he even made homemade ice cream, our favorite as kids.”
She explained what happened next:
So I sit down and get a plate, but he waits because he wanted to make sure everyone else got plenty. Well about 30 minutes pass and he decides he’ll eat just one. An hour goes by and nobody shows. I could tell he was disappointed, but I made sure to stick around and hang out with him. We had a really great time.
Harmon said she posted the picture to Twitter not expecting it to even get a retweet. But the tweet totally blew up, and got more than 70,000 retweets in less than 24 hours. Hearts broke all over the world for poor Papaw.
I just started crying…I'll eat your burgers pawpaw.. I love you so much https://t.co/TL6ccXQUvk
— ℮ﭐՀՀﭐᎠ (@danababy97) March 17, 2016
“At about midnight, one person retweeted it,” Harmon said. “Then 10 more did. Then 100 more. Then soon I had 2,000+ just within 30 minutes. It was so crazy.”
Why didn’t the other five grandkids show up?
Why couldn't they just show up to pawpaw's dinner pic.twitter.com/T2xZ7IqNaD
— Brandon williams (@hawaiinshirts) March 17, 2016
This is way too sad.
Poor pawpaw made all them burgers for no reason 😢
— ÕMÃR (@O_mee_Z) March 17, 2016
“I can’t look at that pawpaw picture without wanting to cry. like who does that to their grandfather,” one woman wrote.
I can’t look at that pawpaw picture without wanting to cry. like who does that to their grandfather ????
— morgan✖ (@jdbxpenn)
Some people pointed out it could have been worse.
im so glad that that kelsey girl showed up to eat with pawpaw like imagine if she didnt pic.twitter.com/JDKCAvbT4L
— gabe (@cruelsommar) March 17, 2016
People also of course, turned Papaw into a meme.
https://twitter.com/domenicsoares/status/710463418399137792
And others said the photo made them miss their own grandparents.
I've lost all my grandparents. If yours are still alive. Show them you❤️ them. Please. #grandparents #BeKind #love https://t.co/nXAytKn5Vg
— Brittany Olson (@brolso89) March 17, 2016
“This breaks my heart. [I’d] do anything to eat dinner with my grandparents again,” one person wrote.
This breaks my heart. If do anything to eat dinner with my grandparents again. https://t.co/jTFEax5T60
— Alli Wells (@allirwells) March 17, 2016
Other people got super pissed at the other five grandkids.
https://twitter.com/meanpIastic/status/710460267839119360
And even started to troll Harmon’s cousin, Brock Harmon, on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/BasedChasen/status/710363105939709953
It actually got a little scary, and Kelsey Harmon tweeted that people started sending her cousins death threats over the photo.
https://twitter.com/kelssseyharmon/status/710486091564867584
After the tweet went viral, Brock Harmon tweeted that he had decided to pay his grandpa a visit. He even had a burger.
GUYS DON'T WORRY!!!! I CAME TO PAPAWS HOUSE AND AM HAVING A BURGER!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/2EHVllGG2U
— Brock Harmon (@BHarmon_10) March 17, 2016
Kelsey Harmon said that her cousin was “mad at me last night but he is over it and is laughing at all the tweets and memes about Papaw.”
And he added that he has been forgiven for missing dinner.
PAPAW SAID HE FORGIVES ME AND WANTS ALL OF YOU GUYS TO KNOW YA'LL ARE AWESOME FOR MAKING HIM FAMOUS👌🏼👌🏼
— Brock Harmon (@BHarmon_10) March 17, 2016
But he’s still getting a lot of shade for missing the dinner.
@BHarmon_10 pic.twitter.com/KmSRr9HoYu
— fuck errthang 4real ♈︎ (@jennyfuur) March 17, 2016
As for Papaw, Kelsey Harmon said he doesn’t quite understand how widely the story had spread because he doesn’t use social media.
“He appreciates all the kind words and he is fine,” Harmon said. “He knows we all love him very much.”
She added that she is happy the story is being shared, because “it’s made young people realize how important family is.”
“I made just one person call their grandparents and check on them, then it’s all worth it,” she said. “I think the world of my Papaw and I want him to know how loved he is.”
People Are Freaking Out Over This Girl’s Sad Picture Of Her Grandpa
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Somebody ought to walk into a rest home with a camera..
Maybe he has flatulence?