My mom and grandma

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My mom likes to tell this story of my grandma that always makes me laugh partially because the story itself is funny and partially because my mom fails to see how much like my grandma she is. When I was a kid my older sister went skydiving and there's a whole video of it. My mom took the video over to my grandma's to watch and my grandma started yelling at the video "Don't jump! Don't jump!" and my mom was laughing and goes "she can't hear you mom, she already did it!" Fast forward to a little over 30 years later and my mom is just like my grandma only now you actually can see video in real time. My mom is so terrible with technology and doesn't understand a lot of things like when I show her a meme she always asks me who is in the picture instead of reading the words like I really have any idea who is in the random meme. She seems to think I know everyone in pictures even if it's just a random video on my newsfeed that someone shared because they thought it was funny. If she sees me laughing at it she thinks I know them personally. There's a lot of stuff over her head. I have a feeling I'll probably be like that someday. The only reason I'm not currently is because if I'm confused about something I look it up something my mom won't do probably partially because she doesn't know how to. If I don't know how to do something or don't understand something and I want to I look it up. I have never been one who wants to stay in the dark about something I'm genuinely curious about. I know one day my son is going to be doing for me the things I do for my mom like showing her how to use her phone. I'm not going to lie sometimes I will tell her I don't know how to do something because it's less that I don't know how to do it and more that I don't know how to show her in a way she'll understand and I don't feel like arguing with her over it. I can't explain to her that I can't explain it in a way she'll understand without her getting offended and thinking I'm calling her stupid or something. My mom is incredibly naive and believes a lot of things she shouldn't and she doesn't understand how almost any technology works. She is so much like m grandma it isn't funny and everyone says I'm just like my mom but the difference is I actually see it and don't deny it the way my mom does about her mom a lot of the time. My mom loved her mom and was super close to her but she often doesn't see the similarities. I feel like I'm the more modern version of my grandma and my mother. I can see myself in both of them. I miss my grandma so much. She died when I was still little but I still remember her well because I was over there every single day when she was alive as we lived next door to her. I am a lot like m mom but I am also very different in the way I think and believe things. I am not as naive as my mom in a lot of areas. My mom has always been a good mom even though I don't always agree with her in a lot of areas. My grandma was a great mother and grandmother too so I figure if I take after them in that area that's not a bad thing. There are definitely areas my mom could improve upon but the same goes for me. I love when my mom tells stories about my grandma. It makes me feel close to her again. While I still remember my grandma pretty well some things are slowly slipping from my memory like the sound of her voice. I no longer remember what she sounded like. I really need to find some videos with her so I can hear her again. I do, however, remember what my grandma smelled like. She smelled like perfume and vix. My mom apparently had a bottle of the perfume my grandma used to use and I smelled it and hadn't smelled it in years and I told her she smelled like grandma and she was surprised I remember that. It's odd what you remember about people and what you don't. My grandma always brought me a happy meal when she came back from town and I remember her being the only person who bought me ice cream from the ice cream truck when it came around. I remember when my brother and I spent the night at her house and she put some pillows in the middle of the floor and we all sat down around them and pretended they were a campfire and she told us stories. I remember the way she had this little angel ornament for the Christmas tree and she'd look at me as we hang it on the tree and say "That's you sissy, you're my little angel" My username is because that's what my grandma called me. I haven't been called that name since she died. The last thing I said to her before she died was "See ya later alligator" because we did that every single day before I left to go home. I'd say "See ya later alligator" and she'd say "After while crocodile". It just happened that my afterwhile is going to be longer than originally planned. My grandma was the best person I knew and I will always remember her fondly much the same way my son will always remember my mom fondly. My mom is close to my son like I was to her mom. My mom is great with my son. I hope one day I'm just as great to any possible grandchildren I might have. When people tell me I'm like my mom I don't get offended. My mom is like my grandma and I'm like my mom so I'm like two of my favorite people and I don't see anything terrible in that.