When I was younger, I loved asking my grandparents about the past. Heck, I even did it as I got older! I loved hearing about other time periods, even if they were only decades ago.
So when I stumbled upon a page titled Grandpa, Tell Me Your Memories, I couldn’t help but stop and read! It was so fascinating!
Little snippets that really made me visualize the kind of life he had were things like these:
Did your mother work outside the home?
Never! There was never time on the farm for anything but work from dawn to dark making bread and butter, hand washing clothes, mending, keeping the kitchen and living room stoves supplied with wood, making beds, canning meat and vegetables, helping with milking, gathering eggs, hauling water, throwing out slop water, preparing three meals a day for eight people, cleaning lamp chimneys, and trimming wicks, getting kids off to school, etc., etc..
Tell about family reunions in your childhood.
We usually had a Thanksgiving reunion at my mother’s parents home (my maternal grandparents south of Little Falls about two miles on the “River Road”). The whole family (about 20 with children) would gather for the goose and chicken dinner with all the fixings. Us kids always had to wait `till the grown-ups ate, then we got what was left; wings, ribs and back ends. We were required to be very quiet while we waited (little kids must be seen; not heard). I still remember how good the homemade mince meat pie and sugar cookies tasted.
I don’t know if I’m the only one, but this kind of life sounds appealing. It was more real, less simple, and people were really grateful for little things.
I’m so glad the author posted this page.
