tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971383103866151443.post8188966087011309795..comments2024-03-19T09:42:45.476-07:00Comments on The World We Create: Roots: Grandma N: Fresh Springtime, Senses of Comfort and the Simple LifeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971383103866151443.post-31818252970115771812016-02-20T10:14:42.252-08:002016-02-20T10:14:42.252-08:00Thank you so much. I am glad I could capture some ...Thank you so much. I am glad I could capture some memories and trigger some for others:) Your grandma sounds like an amazing person. <br />I am so glad I made you smile:) Kmariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947797743800775255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971383103866151443.post-47707592169851689922016-02-20T10:13:54.253-08:002016-02-20T10:13:54.253-08:00You did it again - you perfectly captured your mem...You did it again - you perfectly captured your memories and made them real for the rest of us! I think our grandmas' would have been good friends because so much of what you wrote made me think of her. She died several years ago but it doesn't really feel like she's gone because I have so many things around me that remind me of her and I can hear her voice so clearly in my head calling me a turkey liver when I said or did something shocking to her - thank you for sharing - you made me smile today! S.A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971383103866151443.post-89078551989320846172016-02-13T18:45:36.476-08:002016-02-13T18:45:36.476-08:00Ashe: Yes I suppose they are:) I am so glad they b...Ashe: Yes I suppose they are:) I am so glad they brought a flood of memories back to you. We do have similar backgrounds...only my one grandma is crafty but yes there were some aspects of that:) Lol Imagine if we did!:)<br /><br />S: I would LOVE to read that post if you do...let me know as new posts are not always showing up in my reader now so I will be sure to check....I would love it if you wrote and I am so glad I gave you inclination to. Oh I hope your computer will stay working.<br /><br />Love<br />KKmariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947797743800775255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971383103866151443.post-51627461107205299122016-02-13T08:04:03.903-08:002016-02-13T08:04:03.903-08:00Thank you for your feedback. Kmarie, I am inspire...Thank you for your feedback. Kmarie, I am inspired to write a brief post on my grandfather and elderly aunt after reading this.<br />I have not written any new post in my blog in this New Year. So, I am inspired to write again after reading some of yours.<br />My computer was also not working properly for a week ( it was getting hanged again and again ). Now I have fixed this. So, I should be able to read and write more.<br />love,<br />SShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17363854783134050594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971383103866151443.post-14676626327183718582016-02-12T20:06:02.458-08:002016-02-12T20:06:02.458-08:00Counselor grandmas are just as important! Sometime...Counselor grandmas are just as important! Sometimes nothing really fixes you up like a platter of cookies or coffee cakes, some milk or tea or coffee, and a sit down with a counselor grandma. :)<br /><br />Aye, reading these past few posts brought back a flood of good memories. I'd never had guessed we had such a similar background either. If you had a crafty family history as well with crocheting, knitting, sewing, embroidery, or quilting, I'm probably going to start looking around off my back porch to see if you live next door!Ashehttp://www.raven-wing.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971383103866151443.post-75246697456549972132016-02-12T11:26:10.252-08:002016-02-12T11:26:10.252-08:00Ashe: Yes ( and I left you comments on the last co...Ashe: Yes ( and I left you comments on the last couple posts too) Flowers are so lovely...its is nice we can connect on some of these memories that are both collective and individual. I love the reading story... so cute what your grandpa said.<br />Lol I don't think I am gonna live that long to be honest...because I just can't see myself there. Ive never thought I would live long but who knows. Also If I DID make it that long I don't think I would be very nurturing at all in grandmas way...it would be more to do with music, media, writing, and psychological help...I would probably be the mentoring counselling grandma if I made it that long:) <br /><br />S: Yes, this is the grandma I told you about that reminds me of some of your blogs and photos of roses and your decor. <br />It does feel nice to revisit childhood in a positive way. Yes I am so grateful for the mostly positive youth experiences I had...very grateful. Yes I like to recycle things and re make things too...I am glad you enjoyed them. It is lovely to have a spirited member of the family:) xoKmariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947797743800775255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971383103866151443.post-19279822744423233542016-02-12T10:24:44.806-08:002016-02-12T10:24:44.806-08:00Your Grandma reminds me of my mother-I think they ...Your Grandma reminds me of my mother-I think they are very similar ! She is also very simple and straightforward like your grandma and she also appreciates beauty the same way...<br />It feels really good to revisit our childhood and youth and to see things from the perspective of a loved one...the way she made you feel will be etched in your memory forever...I also have some fond memories of my childhood and early youth, when I stayed with my Aunt ( she is also in her 70s )for a little while. Maybe, our childhood/youth becomes more special because we had these special shared memories and moments, given to us by somebody more older and wiser than us...who was our guide and friend...who was there when we needed someone...<br />To be honest, although we had many childhood memories, the sweet ones that we shared with our loved ones, stands apart from other memories. It gives more value to our childhood/youth, makes our childhood/youth special also because there are so many people who are deprived from such a wonderful childhood/youth, so we should feel really blessed...<br />I also love how you associated certain things with your gramdma, her dishes, tea,the deep blue color...and the thriftiness-(I also try to be like that , those were the times when people did not buy a new gift each time but recycled and remade things from old )...<br />Loved your old black and white photo too...you look like your daughter a bit in this photo :)<br />Thank you for sharing the wonderful photos of old times, they are a treasure.<br />Everybody needs such a spirited member in a family...and I wish that we will be able to carry their legacy forward to a great extent.<br />Take care,<br />SShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17363854783134050594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971383103866151443.post-18456949925183856862016-02-12T06:38:50.074-08:002016-02-12T06:38:50.074-08:00Flowers! I forget to mention flowers in that last ...Flowers! I forget to mention flowers in that last post. Yes, flowers are definitely part of the complete grandma kit. Whether it's roses, pansies/violas/violets, hydrangeas, Camillas, or whatnot, no grandma house or yard is complete without a ton of plants.<br /><br />My maternal grandparents were also the readers of the family. I don't remember learning how to read because I was read to a LOT. Some of my earliest memories are getting on to my grandfather for reading words that weren't in the book and he feigning innocence. He loves to elaborate on stories and put extra character into it. I still tease him about "not knowing how to read". He just grins.<br /><br />Our grandmas of the past have left some really big shoes for us modern ladies to fill when we get all old and wrinkly! ^,^Ashehttp://www.raven-wing.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971383103866151443.post-17232061623492431992016-02-09T13:20:32.787-08:002016-02-09T13:20:32.787-08:00Nyssa: Thank you so much. Yes a lot of soul. I am ...Nyssa: Thank you so much. Yes a lot of soul. I am glad you cried in a good way:) thanks so much:) xoxoKmariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947797743800775255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971383103866151443.post-90441491496279285852016-02-09T11:09:56.473-08:002016-02-09T11:09:56.473-08:00absolutely beautiful and what a testament to love ...absolutely beautiful and what a testament to love and living memory and most of all, soul. brilliant and I cried a lot in a good way. your recounting and your emotions are beyond moving. xonyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12592583659013282708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971383103866151443.post-9878395042237192372016-02-08T19:27:58.268-08:002016-02-08T19:27:58.268-08:00Flutist:It is nice to have wonderful grandparents....Flutist:It is nice to have wonderful grandparents. thank you for sharing a bit of them here:) And yum to the rice crackers!<br /><br />A.A. This comment meant the world to me. I know that the warmth is also from each of you and I am glad you could visualize your own experiences in this. I loved that window too and our house is modelled after grandmas with the southern living windows. your comment moved me and I am honoured that my post moved you. with love.Kmariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947797743800775255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971383103866151443.post-12825709142788316622016-02-08T17:46:53.315-08:002016-02-08T17:46:53.315-08:00I was almost brought to tears by your sentiment of...I was almost brought to tears by your sentiment of my mother. You are the rememberer of the family of things that I have long forgotten... I too was thinking of that house today. It is a warm spring day here. The daffodils are sprouting in the front yard. While I move about my living room finding a place to catch that warm sun, I remember the big picture window in the front of our house and how on winter days you could curl up in a patch of sun and read a book. That feeling of warmth (and yes...even that shag carpet) brought back the things that I love in that house. As mom celebrates her 80th birthday this year... I appreciate the reminder of all the things that house has brought you. I hope for all our sake that a little bit of which makes you such a warm person resides somewhere in all of us.- AAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971383103866151443.post-44009881559851266302016-02-08T14:03:16.116-08:002016-02-08T14:03:16.116-08:00My grandparents are the nicest people alive. I thi...My grandparents are the nicest people alive. I think they are both ISFJ, (but my grandmother could be an ESFJ). My fondest memories are of me eating senbei (Japanese rice crackers) in their house. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616282351291824392noreply@blogger.com