the buying and selling of bridges

family relationships are an interesting thing. there's that saying about how you don't get to pick your family...you love them anyway of course, because they are yours. i'm not suggesting that i would choose to change any of my family members, they all play a part in who i am and spice up my life in their own way. i am saying though that i may not really know all of my family. you know how that goes, i'm sure. well today i had an interesting exchange with my grandpa. crossing the verrazano bridge today my grandfather who's 75 (about), says to me - if i hit mega (lottery for those who don't know) i am going buy this bridge. i said - really? what are you going to do with it, to which he replied - i am going to build a house on it, and each of his kids will have a house on it too. it was probably one of the cutest things i've heard him say. it was cute but extremely odd at the same time. who builds homes on bridges? but i guess that's not important. i really wish i could've gotten into his head at that moment. was it his age that made him say such a thing, has he always been a dreamer and i didn't realize it, what else don't i know? i wonder. all i can say is that the rest of the ride i paid close attention to the things he did choose to say along the way because every bit could provide some insight into who my grandpa really is - not who i know him to be.