Grandpas and Grandmas

Luba · 02-09-2008, 04:24 PM

Which grandparent are you the closest to? What quality did you love about him/her? Do you have that quality yourself? If they are both gone, what do you remember about them that brings a smile to your face?

PepsiChic · 02-09-2008, 04:37 PM

dont have any grandparents, both my mums parents died of a stroke before i was born, my dads dad died of a heartattack, and his step dad of old age both while i was a tiny baby and his mum of the hospital superbug and lung cancer - i met her a few time when i was younger but i dont remember much from it i was only very little.

all but one aunty and her 2 children live far far away from me, so i dont really know any of them

Luba · 02-09-2008, 04:40 PM

Sorry to read that, GG! Three of my grandparents were gone before I was born and the one Grandmother that was still alive scared me! I don't remember her ever saying a kind word to me...when she moved away to live with my Aunt, I never remembered her saying anything at all. She just kind of slipped away...I remember, though, I was quite proud when I was asked to say a long Russian Prayer at her funeral and I DID!

Vautrin · 02-09-2008, 04:41 PM

I had no favorite. I knew all four quite well. Sadly three of them have passed away.

Star · 03-19-2008, 05:45 PM

I loved both sides grandparents. My dad'smom, I used to sleep with her every time we went to visit. she wouldn't have it any other way and neither was I. I was the first grandchild born to both sides so you can imagine how spoiled i was.

My dad's dad died when i was 4 years old and I still remember him as if I seen him yesterday. My mom's mom is the grandmother who taught me things like sewing, crochet, played board games with me, took me shopping, cooking. i used to LOVE doing things with her. my mom's dad was very quiet. sat in his rocking chair smoking his cigarettes. i would sit on his lap (until i got too old for that) and talk to him about all kinds of things. he used to take me into his workshop (he was a carpenter) and show me all his tools and get me to try and make things. he made all his furniture.

I miss my grandparents a lot. all 4 of them. I didn't have any favorites.

TKDLady · 03-19-2008, 08:39 PM

All but my mom's mom were gone by the time I was born and she and I didn't get along too well. She was of the old school where girls catered to the men and I wasn't like that. I loved her but only because she was my grandmother.

IR_Efrem · 03-19-2008, 11:34 PM

My grandfathers were closest to me. Both my grandmothers were very awful people. I often wondered how it happened.. Two really cool guys (my grandfathers) hooking up with these women, heh.

I used to just enjoy sitting down and playing cribbage with my dad's dad. We would spend hours chit chatting about nothing, while grams got plastered and loud on the couch. My mom's dad was a great teacher and I learned quite a bit about working on automobiles from him. He never said much, but if ya listened, you would most certainly learn.

Mondo · 03-20-2008, 04:45 AM

I'm closest to my mothers father, probably more than any other family member. He is my hero and I'm quite sad I'll never be able to have the experiences he has had in life. Although experiencing his wife, my grandmother is only a good thing when she cooks. other than that shes completely mad.

I would love to have his qualities and do the things he experienced but the world is a different and much more dangerous place now, as he keeps pointing out. That said he did fight in WW2 in a very dangerous job (then again what Job in war isn't dangerous?), was a policeman for 30 years afterwards and lived through the entire cold war so not sure what is more dangerous!

He's probably going to die soon, he is quite ill but too proud to accept or ask for help but the worst thing is his mind is still very sharp as his is memory (he's full of interesting stories from his travels and things he's done in his life, which is allot!) but everything else is falling apart. His wife and my mother tend to him regularly but he doesn't like the fuss.

When he goes I'll change my surname to his to keep the family name alive since he is the last male in the family and has a very old sussex surname which originates from anglo saxon times.