I vividly remember hearing this conversation between my Parents. My Mom asked my Dad what he wanted to be called when they found out that they were going to be grandparents. I was 13.
My Mom and I have discussed this conversation many times since my Dad‘s passing. My Mom remembers the entire conversation and she recounts for me often. My Mom was going to be “Abuela” like my, “Abuela” who was her mom.
I have told my Mom that I will be Abuela as well if ever I am a grandmother. I remember hearing the conversation between my parents and my Dad did not want to be “Abuelo.” My mom suggested grandpa and papa and he just shook his head.
Then he told her that he wanted to be, “Grandfather.” Like in the movie Heidi. I vaguely remember seeing this movie as a child. But I do remember that she would yell for him at the end. “Grandfather! Grandfather!”
Because I now have Amazon prime, we watched the movie and at the end when she yells for him, my heart squeezed! It squeezed because I remember and I could hear my son calling my Dad that!
Sean came by yesterday and we watched it after my Mom told him about my Dad choosing that name as a grandpa. My Dad was “Grandfather” to all of his grandchildren.