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I gave one of those to my grandmother more than 10 years ago. To my surprise, she filled the book within a year. I then typed it up into a booklet with scanned photos. I am so glad she wrote it. Your family will be, too.
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If you are going to do it on a computer then remember to back it up. I would hate to see you lose all your work. Answer the questions that you feel you can do now and date your work.
When I was a little girl I remember my great Aunt Louise. She was a tiny thing only about 4 foot 11 inches tall. She had quite a spirit and she married rich. I remember my grand mother taking me to San Antonio to visit her once. She lived in a little apartment over a grocery store. It was "neat".
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I remember my great-grandmother mounting her Herley and heading off to the store against my mother and grandmother's wishes. There was no way in hell she was going to let them tell her what she could and couldn't do! hehe.
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What a lovely gift! These are the types of things that we overlook when we're younger but are so greatly appreciated as we age. Thanks for reminding me that I must write these things down!
Michele sent me!
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Hi Michele sent me....I'm an empty nester with no grandchildren yet. I enjoyed your posts and your questions. Michele sent me today but I'll be back.
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That is a truly wonderful gift  I guess the oldest relative I remember was my great-grandfather, who lived with my grandmother and I for about 5 years before he died. I was very young, but I remember he insisted on only watching a black & white TV, even though the rest of our family watched color TV (this was in the early 1980s), and he smoked like a chimney lol
I'm here via Michelle's today, and I really loved reading through your blog!
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What a wonderful gift idea. I love your blog and I'll be back!
Michele sent me this afternoon.
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did I mention Michele sent me?
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What a great gift!
My oldest relative I remember is my great grandmother. Who I used to call my "great great great great grandma". She was Italian and watched Italian soap operas and I liked sitting with her while she muttered about the characters.
She barely spoke English, but I loved her so much. Especially her great food. As she got older and I saw her less whenever I went to her house everyone would have to reminder her who I was, "Joey's daughter."
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The book sounds like something that would alternately fascinate and intimidate me. Still, I want to find one now; I've no doubt my wife will want to do this as well.
And I like your idea about mounting saved & printed entries. I also enjoy filling blank pages, though normally I use unlined. My handwriting is horrible either way but I "squish" words onto lined paper; things end up illegible *and* cramped-looking.
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I remember my maternal grandmother well she only died last year. She was the worlds worst cook and a talented sewer and craft maker.
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So way cool! I would love a book like that! I am opposite you. A empty lined page is imtimidating. What to write, what to write! If I have questions to answer it makes it all the more wonderful!
very cool. Oh and Michele sent me!
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That sounds like an amazing book. My grandmother was only 43 when I was born so she was alive until last year. She was a really good tailoress and craft maker, but the worlds worst cook
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Interesting.
Via Michele
Maggie
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Ahh yes, I remember that my sister gave one of those books to my father when he retired. How to write your biography. Great idea. It will be a great gift for your grandchildren down the track...
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My grandparents are, I'm sure, the oldest living relatives that I had. My grandfather (Pop-Pop to me) died in 1990. I still miss him, and so regret that my husband never got to meet him...or should I say that I regret that he didn't live long enough to see me grow up enough to marry my husband.
What do I remember about him? So much...and not enough. I don't know a better way to put it.
My Gramma passed away in 2003. She did live long enough to meet Ben...and he had time to grow to love her, as though she were his own Gramma. That I will always be grateful for.
What do I remember? Tons. But what I will always owe to her is my love of reading, and my ability to write, and to have at least half-way decent grammar. She saw to it. I miss her so much.
Michele sent me...sorry I wrote a book!
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What a wonderful idea - both for a gift and for a post.
I remember my maternal grandparents so vividly. My grandmother didn't speak much English, but she communicated just fine. She would hug me endlessly whenever I came for a visit. She would cry with happiness, "My grandson, my gandson came to see me" as she ushered me into the kitchen and cooked up a storm for me.
My grandfather would sit me in his lap in his big rocking chair and read to me. He lit the fire in me to become a writer, and I can't help but think I'm like him in so many ways.
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I knew my great grandparents but I don't remember much. I think what I can recall comes from looking through photo albums so it's not really a memory.
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I knew both my mother's parents, but I don't have great memories of them. But I had an aunt who was almost as old as my grandmother. She took care of her bed-ridden mother, then her paranoid brother, while raising 7 kids. She was widowed in her 50's, worked until she was in her 80's, drove herself everywhere into her 90's. She never had much as far as things went, but she was the richest person I ever met. She loved people and they loved her back. She loved flowers and they bloomed their hearts out for her. I want to be just like her when I grow up.
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I remember my paternal grandfather. He worked for a toy company and whenever we went to visit, when he was working, he would bring home a game every night. It was like he was santa claus or something. Magical to a kid!
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That would be 'white' cloth. Sorry!
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My grandmother was 74 when I was born, and lived to be 104. She was widowed when she was 82 and missed her husband dreadfully. When she laid the table for her meal, she would always use a while cloth, lay the cutlery out properly and put a flower beside her plate. She once pulled her skirts up to show me that she still had nice legs .
My great-uncle was of a similar generation. He taught me to play chess and to paint with gloss paint. When he was a boy he went to London in a cart to see George V's coronation and while he was a choirboy he used to put marmalade on the church door handle before the service so the congregation all had sticky hands. He taught me the 'alternative' versions of all the best known christmas carols and he once let me try to smoke his pipe.
I miss them both .
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This is a good post and question! I bought a similar book when my first granddaughter was born, called "A Grandmother Remembers...". I filled it all out and even wrote on the blank pages in the back; added her cards and invitations to parties, etc., and gave it to her on her 10th birthday.
I remember my maternal great-grandparents, who each lived to be 93 years old. They were farmers, who grew or raised all their food, even the animals. They were sturdy stock; kindest of all people I have known, non-judgmental, loving and proud. I have written before about my great-grandmother, that even though they lived on a farm in southern WV, she never left her room in the morning until she was dressed, complete with jewelry and stockings. Then she went downstairs, lit the woodstove, and cooked food for her family of 8 and all the farm hands. Makes me tired to think about it!
Michele sent me.
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