dinner with papaw tonight...❤️ he made 12 burgers for all 6 grandkids and I'm the only one who showed. 😢 love him 
 
 On Wednesday night, Harmon tweeted a photo of herself having dinner with her grandfather. She then revealed what she said was the GUT-WRENCHING story behind her snap. 
 
 "Dinner with papaw tonight...he made 12 burgers for all 6 grandkids and I'm the only one who showed. 😢 love him," she wrote. 
 
 Harmon told BuzzFeed News now that the six grandkids are older, it is hard for them to all get together like they used to. But, Papaw had asked them to all come over while they were around for spring break. 
 
 "He's always trying to make sure we all stay close to him and close to each other," she said. 
 
 So, Harmon said she showed up on time for the dinner. She said she could tell Papaw was excited because "he even made homemade ice cream, our favorite as kids." 
 
 I just started crying...I'll eat your burgers pawpaw.. I love you so much https://t.co/TL6ccXQUvk 
 
 Harmon said she posted the picture to Twitter not expecting it to even get a retweet. But the tweet totally blew up, and got more than 70,000 retweets in less than 24 hours. Hearts broke all over the world for poor Papaw. 
 
 "At about midnight, one person retweeted it," Harmon said. "Then 10 more did. Then 100 more. Then soon I had 2,000+ just within 30 minutes. It was so crazy." 
 
 Why couldn't they just show up to pawpaw's dinner 
 
 Why didn't the other five grandkids show up? 
 
 I can't look at that pawpaw picture without wanting to cry. like who does that to their grandfather 😭😭😭😭 
 
 "I can't look at that pawpaw picture without wanting to cry. like who does that to their grandfather," one woman wrote. 
 
 im so glad that that kelsey girl showed up to eat with pawpaw like imagine if she didnt 
 
 Some people pointed out it could have been worse. 
 
 I've lost all my grandparents. If yours are still alive. Show them you❤️ them. Please. #grandparents #BeKind #love https://t.co/nXAytKn5Vg 
 
 And others said the photo made them miss their own grandparents. 
 
 This breaks my heart. If do anything to eat dinner with my grandparents again. https://t.co/jTFEax5T60 
 
 "This breaks my heart. [I'd] do anything to eat dinner with my grandparents again," one person wrote. 
 
 when u see one of the 5 grandkids that didn't eat with pawpaw 
 
 Other people got super pissed at the other five grandkids. 
 
 papaw is ok guys I promise & he loves all grandkids equally, plz stop sending my cousins death threats everything is ok !!!! 
 
 It actually got a little scary, and Kelsey Harmon tweeted that people started sending her cousins death threats over the photo. 
 
 GUYS DON'T WORRY!!!! I CAME TO PAPAWS HOUSE AND AM HAVING A BURGER!!!!!!! 
 
 After the tweet went viral, Brock Harmon tweeted that he had decided to pay his grandpa a visit. He even had a burger. 
 
 Kelsey Harmon said that her cousin was "mad at me last night but he is over it and is laughing at all the tweets and memes about Papaw." 
 
 PAPAW SAID HE FORGIVES ME AND WANTS ALL OF YOU GUYS TO KNOW YA'LL ARE AWESOME FOR MAKING HIM FAMOUS👌🏼👌🏼 
 
 And he added that he has been forgiven for missing dinner. 
 
 But he's still getting a lot of shade for missing the dinner. 
 
 As for Papaw, Kelsey Harmon said he doesn't quite understand how widely the story had spread because he doesn't use social media. 
 
 "He appreciates all the kind words and he is fine," Harmon said. "He knows we all love him very much." 
 
 She added that she is happy the story is being shared, because "it's made young people realize how important family is." 
 
 "I made just one person call their grandparents and check on them, then it's all worth it," she said. "I think the world of my Papaw and I want him to know how loved he is." 

 dinner with papaw tonight... he made 12 burgers for all 6 grandkids and I'm the only one who showed. love him pic.twitter.com/0z0DkPtUiR 

 Pass the tissues! Kelsey Harmon’s heartbreaking photo of her grandfather sadly eating a hamburger is breaking the Internet. 
 
 
 
 “Dinner with papaw tonight . . . he made 12 burgers for all 6 grandkids and I’m the only one who showed,” the Oklahoma-based student tweeted Wednesday, March 16, after five of her cousins flaked on their grandpa for dinner. 
 
 Courtesy of kelssseyharmon/Twitter 
 
 Harmon later explained to BuzzFeed: “So I sit down and get a plate, but he waits because he wanted to make sure everyone else got plenty. Well about 30 minutes pass and he decides he’ll eat just one. An hour goes by and nobody shows. I could tell he was disappointed, but I made sure to stick around and hang out with with him. We had a really great time.” 
 
 
 
 She continued: “I could tell he was disappointed … he even made homemade ice cream, our favorite as kids.” 
 
 Her tweet received more than 70,000 retweets and 110,000 likes in less than 24 hours. 
 
 “Kelsey seriously why would you even tweet that bc now I’m sad,” wrote one user, to which Harmon responded: “bc people need to appreciate their family ok I was so sad.” 
 
 As the story developed, some people began to attack Harmon’s Papaw-abandoning cousins — and even made threats on their lives. One of the grandkids, Brock Harmon, eventually showed up to dinner and tweeted his own photo of Pawpaw at the table. “Papaw said he forgives me and wants all of you to know ya’ll are awesome for making him famous,” Brock wrote. 
 
 GUYS DON'T WORRY!!!! I CAME TO PAPAWS HOUSE AND AM HAVING A BURGER!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/2EHVllGG2U — Brock Harmon (@BHarmon_10) March 17, 2016 
 
 On March 18, Kelsey took to twitter to assure Pawpaw’s fans that he is fine. 
 
 
 
 "I have had many laughs at the memes and funny posts of my papaw," she wrote. "I've also had many, many messages telling me my post encouraged people everywhere to visit their grandparents. And that means so much to me. I've also seen many sad posts, people saying they don't get the chance to see their grandparents, and my heart aches for them.” 
 
 See how the Internet reacted below: 
 
 
 
 
 
 Happy birthday to my Pawpaw!!!❤️❤️❤️ he's cuter than a button💕 pic.twitter.com/yrUzh9GFcA — Destineé Keyes (@DestineeKeyes) March 8, 2016 
 
 dinner with pawpaw tonight...❤️ he made 12 burgers for all 6 grandkids and I'm the only one who showed. 😢 love him pic.twitter.com/X1M2bPWUCY — owen (@OwenPReed) March 18, 2016 
 
 when u see one of the 5 grandkids that didn't eat with pawpaw pic.twitter.com/EmHGiy1k5Q — mean plastic (@meanpIastic) March 17, 2016 
 
 #pawpaw honestly who did this? pic.twitter.com/jJgNsg28fG — J U S T I N ♛ (@1Dasfucck) March 18, 2016 
 
 Why couldn't they just show up to pawpaw's dinner pic.twitter.com/T2xZ7IqNaD — Brandon williams (@hawaiinshirts) March 17, 2016 
 
 I can't look at that pawpaw picture without wanting to cry. like who does that to their grandfather 😭😭😭😭 — morgan✖ (@jdbxpenn) March 17, 2016 
 
 
 

– One sad, burger-cooking grandpa took the Internet by storm this week, inspiring everything from amusing memes to death threats, US Magazine reports. It all started Wednesday when Kelsey Harmon, a college softball player from Oklahoma, dropped in for a meal with her papaw. "Dinner with papaw tonight…he made 12 burgers for all 6 grandkids and I’m the only one who showed,” she tweeted, along with a photo of her papaw dejectedly eating a burger. Harmon tells BuzzFeed her papaw decided to have her and her cousins over while they were home for spring break. He even made their favorite homemade ice cream. "I could tell he was disappointed," she says. But while she and her papaw ate alone, her tweet went viral. Within 24 hours, it had 70,000 retweets and 110,000 likes. Harmon's papaw was suddenly a meme (examples here, here, and here). Even Montel Williams got in on the action, Today reports. People got so invested in the well-being of Harmon's papaw, they started tweeting death threats to her MIA cousins. Her papaw's new Internet fame was even enough to convince another grandchild to belatedly show up for a burger. Harmon tells BuzzFeed her papaw appreciates all the kind words and support from the Internet. And she thinks some good may have actually come out of a very silly situation. "I've also had many, many messages telling me my post encouraged people everywhere to visit their grandparents," she tweeted. "And that means so much to me." (The Internet also loves the woman who did her own makeup mid-labor.)