Remembering Grandma on Mother's Day
Grandma Middleton almost wasn't my grandma. The story she told me was that she was born a twin. She was named Dena while her sister's name was Gina. Gina died at birth and as grandma's daddy was going to town to bury the tiny baby, he was told to hurry back as the other one would die before he returned. He intended to buy a goat to milk for grandma but while in town someone told him to feed her Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk. He did and grandma survived to marry and bear nine children. My grandparent's first child was born in 1926. She was my Aunt Inez. Grandma said when they were staying in Tulsa, she was so afraid someone would steal her baby, she pinned Inez's nightgown to her own. My daddy was the second born child. Grandma, Daddy, and Aunt Inez Grandma raised her younger children during the Great Depression. Daddy said they never had much but they never felt poor. Grandpa worked hard, grandma grew what they ate, and they made do with what ...
That attitude will take her wherever she wants to go!
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ReplyDeleteThat is so cute--she needs to be grounded more often--so she can just dance :)
ReplyDeleteHow precious...dance indeed. I was helping my granddaughter dry off after her bath tonight and she noticed for the first time that there were ballerinas on her towel. She asked when I bought that and I told her she had been using that same towel since she was born. She asked how I knew she would ballerina ...=)
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