| Below is a story about a grown man and the | | | | defending our country in the U.S. Air Force, when I |
| inspiration the grandfather had that instilled him to buy a | | | | discovered the dragonfly tt487 remote control |
| kind of remote control helicopter. It is told in a first | | | | helicopter, I purchased it as tribute to my grandfather |
| person voice. | | | | (Around four years ago, he passed away from |
| Once, my grandfather told me a story that | | | | prostate cancer. He was 75 years old,) and because |
| encouraged me to buy a dragonfly t487 remote | | | | this helicopter is a great flying device. |
| control helicopter. | | | | However, my son never got to know his |
| When he was a little boy, my grandfather live in rural | | | | great-grandfather so whenever I get the chance, I |
| Pennsylvania where his nearest nearby was about six | | | | take the prospect to let him know how great a man |
| miles away. With this kind of distance, no doubt there | | | | my grandfather was. Even more so, when we are |
| weren't many kids to hang out with. He said the way | | | | flying the dragonfly tt487 remote control helicopter in |
| he killed the afternoons, he'd catch the dragonflies out | | | | the large meadow behind our home. |
| by the little swamp near the back of his house. One | | | | My son loves to remind me that I often tell him the |
| summer, a cousin of his came to visit from New | | | | dragonfly story. He makes fun of me like I did to my |
| Jersey. | | | | grandfather for repeating the same silly story. So far, I |
| This cousin was from a suburb of New York City and | | | | have told him this story about ten times, unlike the 15 to |
| not accustomed to doing the things that my | | | | 20 I heard growing up. However, I hope this shows my |
| grandfather was. However, my grandfather wanted to | | | | son and makes him realize the significance of family |
| show him how he passed the time and took him down | | | | and how the ancestors were. How we should be |
| to that pond. Needless to say, when he saw the | | | | thanking them for all the blessings and the good |
| dragonfly my grandfather was trying to grab for, he | | | | fortune we have in our lives today. |
| yelled loudly, ran back to the house to stay inside and | | | | I pray all the time that the story of his |
| did not come out the entire rest of summer. His cousin | | | | great-grandfather will get passed on to his son or |
| was more into matchbox cars at the time. When he | | | | daughter when he grows up and have his own family. |
| got older, my grandfather joined the armed forces and | | | | Maybe they will be flying their own dragonfly tt587 |
| was one of the first United States soldiers to fly a | | | | remote control helicopters. |
| helicopter during any combat. | | | | Of course, this assumes if I do not get to tell the story |
| Due to the funny summer cousin story involving the | | | | first about the man who I admired most and who |
| dragon fly (I have heard it many times over the course | | | | shaped my life to give me the strength and courage to |
| of my lifetime.) and the career path he had chosen, | | | | succeed in all my endeavors every single day. |