when I was perhaps 9 or 10, at a holiday family gathering I was in a funk because my mother had been angry at me; my grandmother took me aside and asked me if I knew why grandmas and grandkids got along so well together. In response to my answer in the negative, she replied with in immense smile, "It's because we have a common enemy." point being not that she didn't get along with my mother, but that she had a way of reaching you that was wonderful.
Here are my grandparents Ralph and Kathryn at their 50th in 1974.
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Kathryn, may God grant you eternal rest.
Prayers! I'm so sorry for your loss.
ReplyDeleteGrandmas are special. I lost my favorite one when I was 9 and I still miss her 54 years later...
ReplyDeleteShe sounds like she was a wondeful woman. And wise. May God grant her eternal rest.
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