Generations Unknown

My grandpa passed away in Feb 2007. X wasn't born until Dec 2007. They didn't get to meet. I show X pictures of my grandpa and he can recognize him in a photo and say his name. But, it's not the same. Several months before my grandpa passed away he was clearing out his house and I got these 2 small wooden steps that he had made a very long time ago. I had no idea what to do with them, but for some reason I just liked them and wanted to have them.

So recently I decided to paint one of the steps to match X's room and write his name on it. I love it. It's simple, but means so much to me. It's a link to generations unknown. When I see X playing around on it it makes me smile. I have told X who made this step and now when he plays on it he says "PaPa" (which is what we called my gpa) over and over. My grandpa would have absolutely adored him! At least this is a small way that I can remind X who his great grandfather was.