Did you meet your great-grandparents?
https://memoirsandrambles.substack.com/p/the-window-for-great-grandmothers
Discussion
I've known all but two of my great grandparents.
That’s cool. Were you able to interact with them? My great grandma, the only surviving great grandparent was already bed-ridden at 90yo. I was not able to speak to her and I don’t think she was even aware of my existence.
Yeah, I actually had the chance to grow up with at least 4 of them. Certain smells remind me of them sometimes. One great-grandmother, I spent most of the first 2 years in high school at her house at night. I helped her get ready for bed and stuff. I actually taught her to play Go Fish. When she passed away, she was in the hospital. She called every member of our VERY large family into her room one at a time. I was one of the last she called in, along with my grandmother (her eldest child) and my grandfather (her son-in-law). She took her last breath in my arms. I'm grateful for that experience.
I didn't lose any of my grandparents until about 8 1/2 years ago. I have one remaining. He's going to be 93 this year.
Yes I grew up knowing them. Miss them and think of their influence on my life almost daily.
Nope
I never met my great-grandparents. They all died before I was born.
However, my Mom and Dad , me, my daughter, and my grandson are all alive. This window won’t last forever, and it’s cool to have 4 generations currently alive.
Lovely, enjoy it 🤙
I was able to spend time with my great grandmother until I was in my 20's. What a sweet, amazing, kind, patient, funny and amingly knowledgeable woman. I learned a lot from her whether that was directly or from one of her children or grandchildren. She could flat out cook too even into her late 80's. I wish more people were able to experience that.
I don’t remember it, but I did actually!
The only ones that I remember are my grandma's, one of my grandpas died before I was born and the other when I was very little.
One of my biggest regrets is not had the opportunity to know them T-T
I’ve only had a chance to meet my paternal great grand- mother, I was 10-11 when she died, she was at 95-96. But I remember her character, and food she cooked for us when we visited and her apartment and how she smelled when I hugged her and how the apartment smelled. Now ppl and places don’t smell like that . But I heard a lot of stories about my paternal great grand-parents on both my grandmother and grandfather’s side. And a lot of stories even about their families, and I saw them on old photos so I consider that I know them and I feel that they are still members of my clan.