For the Love of Granny

GDP · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:17 pm

I chose a picture from when I was but a wee boy to identify our family forum. I don't remember too much from those days, but there are things that stand out. As I look at that picture I am filled with love and respect for the lady who is responsible for all this. She'll never read any of our posts, never know what we have to say about our memories here, but she is a champion in my book.

Gran has had to overcome so much adversity in her life that it makes my head swim. But you wouldn't know it. She doesn't sit around lamenting her past, no, she revels in her present. At 97 she is still alive and vital, independent and amazing. She has slowed down in these latter years, but she still comes out to church every week, still gets out to eat on the town, and still is thinking about the future. Like I said, she's amazing.

When I think back to my earliest memories of Gran the first thing that pops to mind was her old wringer washer. I remember her down in the basement doing laundry. Diligently, purposely, faithfully she scrubbed and treated, washed and wrung, gathered and hung those close. It was facinating for a little boy to watch.

What about you? Let's build the memory book together here. Tell us about your early memories of Granny.
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SoCalMurf · Joined: 20 Mar 2008 Posts: 34 Location: So Cal

Wow, I have so many I do not know where to start. I spent a lot of time there as a young man.
One of the funniest stories in my mind is when:
I came home one night when I was 15 and Lewey Gordon and I had been out driving around and we were drinking a couple beers. I was a little tipsy. We had found a opposum on the road and I brought it to Granny's to skin. Now I never could sneak much by her but I think she always felt boys will be boys. Well Granny gave me a knife and I commenced to skinning that thing. I was doing a pretty good job of skinning my fingers as well. I could hear Granny snickering over my shoulder every time I got a finger.

SoCalMurf · Joined: 20 Mar 2008 Posts: 34 Location: So Cal

I wonder if Granny remembers the time I brought my dirt bike into town? She decided she would ride it with me. WE got about 5' before wisdom set in and she put her feet dow and waved to me good by! I give her credit for getting on in the first place.

dnice · Joined: 20 Mar 2008 Posts: 80 Location: pittsburgh

She is a part of why I'm in this family today, along with Denny, LaLa, and Jack. When April invited me to "Grandma Sunday" and I saw how a family could be. I was hooked. I wish there was still "grandma Sunday" a place to have a potential spouse brought before the jury for approval or a place to find something in common with jon marc(pirates) baseball. a steadfastness and honesty that keeps you humble. like the time I put whipped topping on top of my brownies after dinner and grandma exclaimed "Whipped topping on your brownies?, No wonder you're fat"!
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