I was so excited when I got the mail this weekend! My maternal grandmother made me a grandmother book (the one on the right). My paternal grandmother made me one for my 16th birthday, so now I have one for each of them. Let me just tell you a little bit about why they are so neat. The one I got this weekend had a bunch of information in it about my grandmother that I didn’t know, like that she was basically raised by her grandparents and that she got married at 17. (Wow!) Also, I knew that she and my grandfather had moved a lot, but I didn’t realize how much. I also didn’t know about all of the places she had worked through the years. The one my paternal grandmother made me also has a bunch of information in it about her like that she wanted to be a hairdresser when she grew up, but her parents wouldn’t let her. My grandmother also included a letter my dad had written to her when he was in Vietnam, a lock of her baby hair, some very old family pictures and family recipes. I feel so blessed to have these! They are such treasures.
Grandmother Books (Project 365-1/15/11)
Sunday, January 16, 2011
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