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From: nicolesewing
Date: 02-08-2006, 01:04 AM (1 of 11)
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I find that lots of posts in this forum are related to gifts for grandchildren. i am deeply moved. Having a kind & benevolent granny and her gifts made by herself is so important and valuable to a child. When he grown up,the period will become a kind of sweet & warm memory. My granny passed away when i was only 12. She was on intimate terms with us grandson and granddaughters, especially with me, the oldest. how i wish she can be still with me! nowi have my first salary, if she was still alive, i would send her all the best i can get in the world. i would take her to live with me, chat with her, show her around the city that she had never been to ... THANK YOU! GRANNY! |
User: nicolesewing
Member since: 01-19-2006 Total posts: 24 
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From: bridesmom
Date: 02-08-2006, 02:03 AM (2 of 11)
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I never knew my grandmother, I remember as a kid, she was an old woman with a pink corset who used to give me 'coppers' to stop me sucking my thumb. My mom was an awesome grandma, my kids adored her and she adored them. When she passed away, my kids were in their late teens and they were devestated as was I. Now I am starting on the grandma road, and if I can be half the grandma my mom was, I will be happy. Hurray for all the grandmas out there!
Laura
Tickled pink with my Innovis 4000D |
User: bridesmom
Member since: 01-21-2004 Total posts: 2026 |
From: nicolesewing
Date: 02-08-2006, 03:13 AM (3 of 11)
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when i was a little kid, i lived in a small town with my parents while my grandparents lived in the countryside along. once the summer & winter vocation came, we grandkids hurried to stay with granny. she always had snacks that she kept a long time for us .at that time we were still poor in the countryside. in the summer evening, we wanted to sleep in the yard with stars above the head. granny worried us of catching cold.in the midnight she hold sleeping grandkids in her arms one by one to the bedroom and fanned us all the night. i often awake sawing the old big fan still in her hand waving. everytime when i remember the old sweet days with granny, tears are filled in my eyes. if oneday it comes to me as a granny, i will be sure to take her and grandmas here in this forum as examples. |
User: nicolesewing
Member since: 01-19-2006 Total posts: 24
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From: pretnichols
Date: 02-08-2006, 08:07 AM (4 of 11)
My grandmother was a sweetheart and VERY moody. But she knitted & crocheted so many things for her 7 grandchildren. I still have a handful of items she made, tucked away for sentimental reasons. I gave my DD a poncho that was mine from 1972 -- she bought all the GD's ponchos when she was traveling in Spain. Talk about bright colors! It is still in beautiful shape and my DD loves it. I also have a couple of wool afghans she made, one of which I used to have on our bed, but they are such a pain to wash. So now it sits on a rocker. My mother is a great grandmother -- she truly enjoys her GK's from age 4 - 22. Unfortunately every time she comes to visit she brings my kids something -- and now they great her at the door with "grandma, what did you bring us". 
Peggy
So little time, sew much to do........... |
User: pretnichols
Member since: 10-16-2005 Total posts: 342 |
From: debsews
Date: 02-08-2006, 08:46 AM (5 of 11)
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I'm trying to be the grandmother my kids didn't have! I want them to talk to me and to do things with me. They seem to love wearing the things I make them and I do love sending them the packages. We're retired in Florida and thinking of going back to Ohio just to be closer to them. I have 13 grandchildren, but 3 we don't get to see because of their mother! Long story. I love reading about what others do and more than that the memories of their grandmothers and how special she was. I'm hoping mine will talk like that someday! |
User: debsews
Member since: 09-16-2005 Total posts: 254 |
From: toadusew
Date: 02-08-2006, 09:27 AM (6 of 11)
I'm sort of a "beginning" grandmother--  I hope that I can get to know my grandchildren, even though we are going to live on opposite sides of the country. My daughter is a bit upset that we're moving out to the east coast and she is on the west coast with the grandchildren. I do try to "talk" to the 2 year old on the phone and we have some funny "conversations". He knows my voice and my daughter has book with our pictures in it, so we work at getting to know each other. It is sad that my daughter's kids know us (hubby and me) better than their grandfather (SIL's dad) and he lives in the same town! I also sew for the kids and love sending them things. Once I get moved and settled, I have to start making a birthday present for the "bonus" (I borrowed that word from Bren--it's much nicer than "step"  ) granddaughter. I knew my maternal grandmother fairly well and she was good to me, but she had some mental health issues. Didn't really know my dad's mother very well. My own mom was a very good grandmother to my kids and now she's a great-grandmother! We both wish the grandkids lived closer. |
User: toadusew
Member since: 01-08-2005 Total posts: 369 |
From: DorothyL
Date: 02-08-2006, 06:08 PM (7 of 11)
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I didn't have a grandmother -- she died before I was born. And my selfish daughters think that just because they aren't ready to have kids I shouldn't have any grandkids either. Maybe Jan can knit me one. She's getting pretty good with body parts. Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: debsews
Date: 02-08-2006, 07:58 PM (8 of 11)
| Dorothy, I can let you share some of mine. I'm going crazy most days trying to keep up with the sewing for all of them. But I love it! |
User: debsews
Member since: 09-16-2005 Total posts: 254 |
From: Chrysantha
Date: 02-08-2006, 09:27 PM (9 of 11)
My grandmother taught me to sew at 5...I was lucky. I got to live around her my whole life. She died from alzheimers in 87. I miss her everyday. I look around my sewing/computer room and wish that she could be here to see a computer and sew/embroider on these wonderful machines. She made every stitch of clothing I wore from the time I was born, till I was 13 (and my grandfather died and she had to go to work..and she'd never held an outside job before.) She had beautiful white hair (after the red went... ), white unwrinkled skin and blue eyes...true to her Irish roots. She could do almost anything...even put up with me...  Everyone should be so lucky to be with their grandmother..hooray for all of you who have made it there.... Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
Member since: 09-06-2002 Total posts: 2414 
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From: esrun3
Date: 02-09-2006, 07:48 PM (10 of 11)
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My grandmother taught me to cook and bake. I still remember afternoons in her kitchen learning. I'm trying hard to be the grandmother my children never had. My mom loved them but felt she "had raised her children" and didn't need to be very involved. I take my oldest dgs every Friday (I might miss one once in a while but for the most part it is every week) and take him home late Sat. afternoons. There are times we agree we will "share" grandma and I take his baby brother or my dgd at the same time. I try to give each of my dgk time alone with me so they don't always have to share. They all seem to appreciate the time I spend with them and we love doing things together. I can't imagine not being closely involved in their lives. I often think of all the things my mother lost out on because she wasn't willling to be a grandma. Lyn
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User: esrun3
Member since: 12-02-2004 Total posts: 2345 |
From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 02-11-2006, 02:26 PM (11 of 11)
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I think a lot of reluctant GrandMas are hesitant because they feel that Grands won't appreciate a stricter Grand.. That is so wrong... My Mom was a very strict Grand because she ran a day care center and all kids had to obey or there was chaos.. But all her Gkids loved her dearly anyway, because they felt the love she had for them.. She only slipped up on one rule.. She would never enforce a bedtime by the clock.. The 3 of us (her kids) knew that but our kids didn't know that we knew.. They loved thinking they had fooled us.. My Mom was a night owl because during WW II , her defense job was the night shift and she got used to staying up late and never went to bed early again.. Didn't hurt us any growing up and our children sure enjoyed those times with "Granny"..
Sew With Love
Libby |
User: LeapFrog Libby
Member since: 05-01-2002 Total posts: 2022 
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