Here is what I (Cassi) shared in the Kinast Cousins Remembering Grandpa Facebook page on April 7, 2020:

Thank you for including me in this. I don't feel that I have as much to offer because I wasn't raised knowing Grandpa as my own grandpa, but he allowed me to call him "Grandpa", like everyone else did, for the last 16 years. Half my life.  

And I'm grateful because he didn't have to do that. He could have asked me to call him Charlie, but that's not who he was. I have a slightly different perspective than some here because I didn't know him until I was a teenager. 

He was always one of the first to say hello when I walked in the door. He always had something he wanted to tell me; a connection he wanted to make.

When he knew Adelynn was taking dance at Judy's, he told me Judy's whole life story. When he put together that my cousin owned Kauffman Seeds, he was quick to tell me about all of their rural community connections. If he would drive by the Yoder church and see cars, he would ask me what was going on. Anytime he would hear of someone in the news with a Mennonite last name, he'd ask me about my connection with them - and it wouldn't even offend me! Quite the opposite, actually. And he would hang on to this stuff for weeks until he would see me to check in. His value for connection was apparent.

Although I didn't get to know Grandpa for my whole life, we get to hold those memories close forever. I can see his legacy in each of you. I can see how you love your spouses and intend to love them for 65 years and on into eternity because of the way your grandpa loved your grandma. Kate, I see that stubborn fighter in you that I saw in him - and I mean that wholly in a positive way. Charles, I see your strong sense of family he had. Mary, I see your fierce love like his. Hannah, I see the gentle touch you have the way he had. Sarah, I see his strong faith in you. I see the exact same ornery ornery twinkle in David's eye that Grandpa always had in his. What everlasting gifts he left.

"People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou

As I said before, I don't have the childhood memories of Grandma & Grandpa, but as an adult, I am thankful to have items of theirs to remember them by. Watching Ollie play with Grandpa's tractor and trucks is a joy. I have Grandma's washboard up in my laundry room to brighten up some long days of continuous laundry. Adelynn has her bears and windmill on display in her bedroom. Ava chose a lighter that Grandma had that stored pins. Dave noticed the lighter as being Grandpa's, so he bought new insides to make it work as a lighter again. That tiny lighter just brought to mind that even though the two of them had differing views on an object, that didn't make it any less valuable. I also see that continuing through Dave's and Ava's thought processes, which just reminds me that unconditional love is a family trait. 

Seeing these girls wearing her jewelry to her celebration of life was so fitting. 

This is what I imagine them doing now.

Knowing how much Grandma loved family and nature, I will end with the last sentence of what I shared on social media on October 25, 2023.

"Feeling grateful they chose the time together,
especially as the air reminds us of the briskness of life."