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celticeagle @celticeagle (190011) • Boise, Idaho 10 Jan 24

When I was about nine years old my mother remarried and we moved to Pocatello from Boise, Idaho. She became a member of a group of women who got together each week to play Pinnochle. The woman who hosted the get-together would...

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another day another picture

Scott Andersen @DocAndersen (54399) • United States 22 Aug 19

This one was taken by my daughter. She started taking pictures when she was 4 or 5 years old. (that was when I got the droppable camera). Over the years she took 100's of pictures. A lot of the subject of today. Many years ago...

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Memories with Granny

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 30 Jan 18

"Oh Granny, What's that?" I was meant to stay by her side, holding her hand as she took me on a tour of her mother's house. I was bouncing with barely contained energy as my eyes alighted on new thing after new thing. "Is that...

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Shyness

celticeagle @celticeagle (190011) • Boise, Idaho 30 Oct 16

When I was a little girl I lived at my grandmother's. Mom and I had a small trailer across the drive way from their house. I was pitifully shy. I can recall running in the house when I saw the mailman coming down the road. When I...

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Are you a Grandmother or Grandfather?

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 1 Jun 16

My daughter and I were talking a few days ago about what some grandmothers liked to be called by their grandchildren. Her grandchildren call her Nana and her husband they call Poppy. They call me Mamaw and my husband...

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How to help a teen age that will not listen

mascheria perdue @theemowermentnetwork (20) 24 May 16

Advice on how to help these teenagers that will not listen

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Three grandmothers

Judy @dudibelles (81) 23 May 16

When I was younger, my siblings and I would always visit an old woman we called "Lola Maria" (Lola in the Philippines means "grandma"). She let us have sleepovers in her humble place and usually cooks noodles for us the next...

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The crumbs beneath my table

Inlemay @Inlemay (17712) • South Africa 18 May 16

Do you know where that phrase comes from? it's not complete but I only need those few words to describe my post. By the way, I have emerged from the warm nestled quilt and eiderdown to get a move on with he chores of the day,...

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Pigs CAN Fly

Amber @AmbiePam (121144) • United States 24 Apr 16

*yes, I see it turned out sideways when I posted it Okay, maybe they can't. Unless it's an animated pig. The lighting isn't the best, but the picture is of something I thought was pretty cute, and thus my...

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Things I'd like to have..

celticeagle @celticeagle (190011) • Boise, Idaho 22 Dec 15

once more before I pass on. So my daughter was going over to the store to pick up a prescription. I said it would be nice if she got us a pie for desert tonight. We discussed different types and I said pumpkin would be good. She...

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Grandmothers are awesome people...

ddhawkins63 @ddhawkins63 (682) • United States 23 Jun 09

My grandmother died the year after I graduated high school. She was one of the most awesome people that I ever knew in my life. She had seven children and about 29 grandchildren and many, many great grandchildren. She would now...

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Are you there for you friend when they are going through a difficult time?

MaryLynn321 @MaryLynn321 (2680) • United States 17 Mar 09

I have a friend that has been going through a very difficult time. I will not say exactly what it is. But it involves one of her children and also grandchildren. She just starts feeling positive again, and then the rug is pulled...

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Do you ask your grandmother questions?

ddhawkins63 @ddhawkins63 (682) • United States 15 Mar 09

I lost my grandmother when I was eighteen years old. I loved her so much that I cannot describe it. There were questions that I had on my mind back then but I never asked her. Now there are things that I often wonder why they...

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Grandmother's support and determination

deepakrishnan @deepakrishnan (53) • India 26 Feb 09

Generally most of us are attached to our maternal grandmother. We spend most of our childhood holidays in their place. I can never forget my late maternal grandmother who was with me for my two deliveries. I was surprised to see...

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Do you use your mother or grandmothers recipies?

jillhill @jillhill (37353) • United States 3 Dec 08

Last night I made Thumbprint cookies for my families Christmas celebration on Sat. evening...it was my mother's recipe. I also use one of the recipes she gave me for sugar cookies that was also my grandmothers. Do you find that...

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The Naked (Grandma) Chef Cookbook - Get One While They're Hot!!

Wendy @jerzgirl (9384) • United States 13 Oct 08

Yep - you read that right. A group of grandmothers from Victorian Cape May, NJ, have gotten together to create a cookbook that they hope will appear to more than just the sense of taste. They call their groups...

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My Best Friend

xanraven @xanraven (145) • United States 13 Aug 08

One of my best friends is my grandmother. I call her everyday or every other day. I go see her about twice a month (she lives 140 miles away). I know her like the back of my hand. How many of you are best friends with someone in...

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Regrets after the loss of a loved one

prncesfrmheaven @prncesfrmheaven (452) • United States 20 Jul 08

Have you ever lossed a loved one and regretted that you didn't tell them something or do something with them before they passed away? My grandmother passed away several years ago and when I think about it now there are things that...

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Grandmothers are just grand mothers.

ketybhagat @ketybhagat (4123) • India 16 Jun 08

G randmothers are mothers who are grand, R estoring the sense that our most precious things A re those that do not change much over time. N o love of childhood is more sublime, D emanding little, giving on demand, M...

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Avoiding Cancer

Angel @nanayangel (7877) • Philippines 28 Apr 08

Do you have relatives, friends, or even just someone you know that died because of cancer? I have two grandfathers, two grandmothers who died of it and I have one uncle who is suffering from it right now. As of now, I watch...

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