It’s hard to know what’s real and what’s fictional some days when your husband creates a comic strip character modeled after you. Yes, this is the “real” Boompa, all dressed up at my sister’s wedding last weekend.
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[…] Some of you know that my family really does call my paternal grandpa Boompa. Between me and Jason, three out of our four grandpas were carpenters and his dad is a carpenter. Jason created the character Boompa to be a combination of all of the strong, playful and wise men in our lives. For the last six years that Jason has been creating the strip, my Boompa has been the only living grandfather on both of our sides. Some of you may remember the post I share this past summer with a picture of me and Boompa together. […]
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[…] grandfather on both of our sides. Some of you may remember the post I share this past summer with a picture of me and Boompa […]
Marilyn says
6/8/2006 at 6:53 amSo great! He can be doubly proud..immortalized in the comic strip and through his family.