I was reading my Facebook memories this morning instead of doing a Morning Chalkboard.
I came across this memory from 10 years ago. I was standing at my trading desk near the grain pits. A commotion was occurring on the financial side of the trading floor. A Merc trader was having a heart attack and they couldn't save him.
At the time, I was going through the last few weeks of my mom's life and my marriage was crumbling quickly when Dave Grant passed away.
I didn't know Dave. He was a Merc guy from another part of Chicagoland. I have been thinking about what has happened after Dave went to heaven. He left his wife Ann and their two sons Ryan and Samuel to go on without him.
Dave loved to golf, loved to cook and was a huge Bear fan. Sounds like a guy many of us hangout with...
Dave was 53 when he died on the trading floor. Just a few years older than me at the time, born in 1962. He missed out on Covid, two Trump Presidency's, the Biden Administration, the destruction of Chicago and several shitty head coaches in Halas Hall.
He also missed out on seeing Ryan and Samuel grow up. He missed out on growing more in love with Ann and he missed out on turning sixty and getting close to retirement.
Our time together isn't that long.
Don't let the Dave Grant in YOUR life go to work and not come home without letting them know that you love them.
Today is Dave Grant Day.....
Call ten Dave Grants and catch up with them. Ask them what they think of the Bears draft picks. Ask them what they are cooking for dinner tonight. Ask them if they got out on the golf course this spring.
Many of Dave's friends didn't get a chance to do that ten years ago and wish they did..........
David Bruce Grant Obituary
David Bruce Grant, 53, of Batavia died April 25, 2016, of an unexpected heart attack. He was born in Danville, IL the son of John and Marie (Theriault) Grant. He was united in marriage to Ann Koebel.
David will be remembered as "A True Warrior"; a thirty-two-year veteran employee of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. He was an avid golfer, chef, and Chicago Bears fan. David enjoyed discussing the greatest mysteries of life with anyone who cared to listen. May David find peace on his new unexpected journey he is about to begin.
He is survived by his wife Ann Grant "H.B.", two sons Ryan and Samuel; and numerous siblings.
He is preceded in death by his parents.
A visitation to celebrate his life will be held 3:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. Saturday, April 30, 2016 at Moss Family Funeral Home 209 South Batavia Ave. Batavia, IL.
David will be remembered as "A True Warrior"; a thirty-two-year veteran employee of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. He was an avid golfer, chef, and Chicago Bears fan. David enjoyed discussing the greatest mysteries of life with anyone who cared to listen. May David find peace on his new unexpected journey he is about to begin.
He is survived by his wife Ann Grant "H.B.", two sons Ryan and Samuel; and numerous siblings.
He is preceded in death by his parents.
A visitation to celebrate his life will be held 3:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. Saturday, April 30, 2016 at Moss Family Funeral Home 209 South Batavia Ave. Batavia, IL.
