Grandparents

[Elliewaves]

What were yours like? Did you learn anything you keep close in your life now from them? Were you able to know them?

 

[twnsrkr]

Mine are still alive, but I'd don't see them much. One of my granddads was a superintendent for a construction company, so I guess you'd say he's a jack-of-all-trades. I'd love to learn everything he knows about things, but he prefers to work alone.

 

[Mrs. Luther073082]

My grandmothers lived with my family for a while. I was close to both of them and learned a lot from them -- way too much to condense in a post. My paternal grandfather died before my parents even got married. My maternal grandfather I knew, but not as well as my grandmothers. He taught me a lot of good things, too, though.

 

[SyntheticPaper]

moms side:
Grandad - grew up in Arkansas, was really big and tough and all that, but really nice and friendly and everyone loved him. He could play every instrument known to man, seriously: guitar, bass, banjo (not a guitjo either, a real 5 string banjo), piano, organ, accordion, his main instrument was saxophone though. Loved big old fast cars from the '60s that he would tune the horsepower up as much as he could. He could make anything, woodworking-wise. If i said i really wanted something, he would make me a wooden version of it, there was a store that had a big huge Marlin on the wall and I really wanted one so, yep, he made me a wooden one with half a marble for the eye.

Grandma - She sewed a lot, one year for christmas she and Grandad made me one of those stick horse things, grandad made the wooden part and grandma sewed the head. I loved that thing. She did all kinds of southern cooking (being from Arkansas as well). Cornbread … mmmm.

dads side:
Grandpa - Had a pick up and worked on it a lot, I spent a lot of time in the garage with him looking at all the car parts and tools and such (I still can't fix cars for anything though ) and hanging around dark auto part and hardware stores with him. He also taught me that putting salt on apples is incredibly yummy.

Grandma - Knitted and crocheted a lot, I always had lots of blankets from her and the Christmas stocking I had my entire life was knitted by her when I was a little baby. She made really really yummy homemade bread and jams and pies and such. Homemade raspberry jam on homemade bread … you do not get better than that.

I loved all my grand parents including my great grandparents. Well actually I only knew two of them really well, the others either died when i was very little / before I was born or lived to far away.

Grandpas mom - Had a house that was so incredibly stuck in the '40's - '50s. It was great, I think that's why I love '50s stuff so much. She had a big old fashioned radio that still worked and tons of old porcelain dolls and a pink bathroom.

Grandmas mom - Always wore a long black fur coat and had a house that was more '60's looking, but I loved it too. she had one of those dogs with the bobbing head in front of the tv and I would play with that thing for ages. She had this really cool old '50s car, don't remember what it was but it was red and white and I loved it to death.

 

[MissElizabeth]

i never had anything to do with my granparents except my dad's mum, but she wasn't really into kido stuff. so yeah, not too much in that department, but i really pray that my kids will have some great grandys that are interested in them.

 

[virgilio]

Hi All,
When I was born I didn't see all my grandparents because they had already lived with Christ in heaven so, I learn from them how to live with Christ.