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i so love your way with words.
That's a beautiful post. I didn't know any of my great-grandparents, and I think that my daughter will only remember one of hers--and my son won't remember any.
There's something comforting about the idea of your great-grandfather 'haunting' your house.
my father's parents died when he was young and my mother's parents lived in another province, so i grew up without weekly visits to the grandparents, i always felt i was missing something. it's really important to me that my kids have a chance to get to know their grandparents, but unfortunately, my father died ten years ago and my youngest two don't have any memories of him whatsoever.
even bad memories fade, leaving you a bit of your past.
It's the first time I have heard someone use the terms Mamere and Papere..other then my family...I grew up with those names for both sets of grandparents,...we are frankaphone from sask...they don't, or hardly ever use those terms in Quebec, anymore...they are looks down apon...like old terms out moded now..or ancient....
I didn't know my papere , he died when my mom was only 13, but she was the baby of 15 kids lol but I knew my pepere on my dads side, but not closely...he died a few yrs ago at the age of 99!
I loved both my Mameres....they were both very special ...both passed on now but I have fond memories of them.
Thanks for sharing your family with us..loved reading it all.
This is a great post! I have good memories of my mother's parents and grandparents. Even though I didn't see all of them often, they were talked about and kept alive in my memory. My father's mother died when he was five, and his dad was distant and un-affectionate. I figure it was his loss.
My great-grandmother, at the age of 94, embroidered a blanket for my daughter's birth. She died 3 years later but that blanket is still my daughter's favorite.
my great grandmother (who died when I was 4) used to keep marshmallow cookies in the pantry for me. When the house (which my family still owns) was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, the thing that made me cry was seeing the pantry.
it *is* funny the things you remember.
When I was a girl, no one even had four living grandparents, and I don't recall any great-grandparents. I have really enjoyed watching the warm relationships my grandchildren have with my mother.
This was a lovely post.
Great, now i feel all meloncholy, I knew only one of my grandparents. My grandfather on my fathers side was a scoundrell. as i understand it my moms dad was a swell guy. I knew his wife my Nana.
The only person who truely loved me with reckless abandon.
Moon - I have "mononcles" and "matantes" as well - our french is from eastern Ontario....funny how french canadian can mean so many different things.
Mrs X, that's lovely to have such a keepsake. From my Granny I have a horseshoe pendant - apparently a souvenir from Las Vegas. I have no memory of it in regards to her though. The first time I ever saw it was after she died. I still hold onto it though, but never knew what to make of it.
what a nice post..
I had 4 grandpaernts and all but one of my great grandparents thruough most of my childhood.
still have 3 grandpartes today and I am 31, so thats pretty good.
spilling the wine and blaming it on someone else made me chuckle just a bit
Yes.
I grew up with just one grandparent, my mother's father, and he's been gone for more than 20 years.
Great post Jay. I love the way you tell a story. Keep 'em coming love.
TG
as easily as I can picture Weird Al Yankovic winning America's Next Top Model...well, Missy, he may not be America's Next Top Model, but he oughtta be America's next president. The man is brillliant and has been sharp and sassy for 20 years. And I have no idea why that matters to anyone. but me
Like they say, at least you get to choose your friends...
Cool post, Jayster. 
Wow, I can't imagine what it would have been like to have known my great-grandparents. My parents had me pretty late in life so my great-grandparents and one of my grandfathers had already passed away once I was born. Nice that you have those memories.
Hi Jay, my first visit here (found you through your comment on my blog). I love your writing style.
I only remember one of my "greats" and I always remember how frail she was physically, but how loving and strong she was mentally, right up to the end. I was 10 or 11 when she passed. I still think about her a lot. Thanks for inspiring the memory.
I love the ghost story. So true how you can feel a presence like that. My brother's ghost still comes around now and then, even after 20 years, and it's a comfort.
I didn't know any of my great-grandparents.
But, by the sound of things, I wish I'd know yours, Jay.
Beautiful post...
I've just lost my GrandMa and I happened to be very close to her and it's hard now to accept that she's gone.
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What a beautiful post Jay.
It makes me want to call both sets of grandparents, and tell them I love them.
I haven't got anymore Great-grandparents left, my great-grandmother passed away last year, but she had Alzhiemer's really bad for like 6 yrs.
I am glad that she did get to hold her great great grand-daughter tho and have her picture taken with her before she forgot who she was.
Nice post Jay. Nothing like starting the day w/ a true smile.
My Nanna (Great-Grandma) died when I was 5 and she was 86. She was born on Dec. 29, 1899. I was born Dec. 29, 1978.
I don't really remember much about her. I was a little afraid of her, because she was old.
My mom says she and I share our love of sweets, our small stature.
I truely hope she's a guardian angel for me, (I'm afraid of ghosts, even good ones)...I think she is.
What a wonderful post Jay, thank you for sharing your family with us.
I grew up with all 4 of my grandparents and one great grandmother. I was 11 when my youngest sister was born, and while my mom was in the hospital just after she had her, my greatgrandmother (mom's grandma) came to her room to talk to her and visit. A nurse came by wondering who mom was talking to and mom went to point to the chair in her room and saw that there really wasn't anyone there. My dad came in to see mom later that day and told her that her grandma had just passed away.
She was a beautiful soul, and I like to think that she stopped by mom's hospital room that day on her way to Heaven.
I miss all of my grandparents terribly, they all loved us unconditionally.
nope, not my pictures. I WISH! =) they're just pics i found from a google image search. someday i hope i will be able to post my pics from all of these places.
I surely hope I live until a ripe, old age. I think I am going to be a cute, tiny old lady one day if I do say so myself.It's in the genes.: )
Growing up in Alberta (Far away from the rest of my family back in Ontario) had one interesting. I had next to no relationss with my family. Uncles, Aunts Grandparents. Don't know any of them.
I only got to know 3 of my grandparents so I never knew the great-grandparents. I do still have one grandmother alive, so the boys to have a bis-nonna. However, she lives in Italy so they don't get to see her.
A lovely post, Jay.
Wow. How cool that you got to know so many of them. I only ever met my mom's mom and my dad's dad. And they died when I was a teen. I'm always amazed when I meet people whose grandparents are still alive.
You have such a way with words - as always.
How fortunate you are to have known not just grandparents but greats! In truth, I have one memory of my great-grandmother sitting in a wheelchair one Christmas, smiling at my brother and I playing on the floor. I was 3. I think she died not long after that. I have always been jealous of people with extended families.
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