Comments on: I Loved My Grandmother http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/i-loved-my-grandmother/ Kim Woodbridge WordPress Consultant Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:26:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Favorite Photo Meme | (Anti) Social Development http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/i-loved-my-grandmother/#comment-13385 Favorite Photo Meme | (Anti) Social Development Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:03:52 +0000 http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/?p=2638#comment-13385 [...] thought about this quite a bit because I used my favorite photo in a post about my grandmother almost a year ago. I wasn’t sure if I should use it again or select my second [...] [...] thought about this quite a bit because I used my favorite photo in a post about my grandmother almost a year ago. I wasn’t sure if I should use it again or select my second [...]

]]> By: My 5 Favorite Articles That I’ve Written This Year | (Anti) Social Development http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/i-loved-my-grandmother/#comment-6677 My 5 Favorite Articles That I’ve Written This Year | (Anti) Social Development Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:02:49 +0000 http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/?p=2638#comment-6677 [...] I Loved My Grandmother - As I mentioned in this article my grandmother passed away 20 years ago and I still think about her almost every day. I loved her very much and I loved writing this article about her. [...] [...] I Loved My Grandmother – As I mentioned in this article my grandmother passed away 20 years ago and I still think about her almost every day. I loved her very much and I loved writing this article about her. [...]

]]> By: Kim Woodbridge http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/i-loved-my-grandmother/#comment-4860 Kim Woodbridge Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:28:08 +0000 http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/?p=2638#comment-4860 Hi Patricia - I'm SO glad my comment made me thing about your Mom, what she learned, and the reasons why she was they way she was :-) Hi Patricia – I’m SO glad my comment made me thing about your Mom,
what she learned, and the reasons why she was they way she was :-)

]]> By: Patricia http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/i-loved-my-grandmother/#comment-4849 Patricia Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:30:17 +0000 http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/?p=2638#comment-4849 Wow Kim, Your reply just made this idea pop into my head - I think I taught my mum how to be the mother I needed, she mixed that with 30 years of teaching first grade and came up following my children's lead on how to be a grandmother. Her mother was so hyper critical of every little thing...everything...and except for my mum's tightness with money (Great Depression - English severity) she was able to relax away from that critical mode in her later years... Thank you for saying just the right thing to intrigue my new ideas - going to think about that a bit Wow Kim,
Your reply just made this idea pop into my head – I think I taught my mum how to be the mother I needed, she mixed that with 30 years of teaching first grade and came up following my children’s lead on how to be a grandmother.
Her mother was so hyper critical of every little thing…everything…and except for my mum’s tightness with money (Great Depression – English severity) she was able to relax away from that critical mode in her later years…

Thank you for saying just the right thing to intrigue my new ideas – going to think about that a bit

]]> By: Kim Woodbridge http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/i-loved-my-grandmother/#comment-4837 Kim Woodbridge Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:14:12 +0000 http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/?p=2638#comment-4837 Hi Patricia - It sounds like your children taught your mother how to be a "grandmother" and it might not have been a role that originally suited her. It's interesting how very different grandparents can be. Hi Patricia – It sounds like your children taught your mother how to be a “grandmother” and it might not have been a role that originally suited her.

It’s interesting how very different grandparents can be.

]]> By: Patricia http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/i-loved-my-grandmother/#comment-4832 Patricia Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:54:13 +0000 http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/?p=2638#comment-4832 A lovely story, I really did not know any of my Grandparents well, my mother's parents the best and they called me "the spoiled brat" They were English of the very formal, reserved kind. My Father's parents both died when he was very young. I do think my mother came into her own as a Grandmother to my children who totally adored her. She died in 2007 at age 94. She was Canadian but lived the last years of her life close by and then at our house. She taught my children how to cook, do laundry, and clean to very high standards....for helping her every Saturday she gave them $100 a month every month they were in college. I think my children taught her to hug and say "I love you" What a lovely and loving post. Thank you <abbr><em>Patricia´s last blog post - <a href="http://patriciaswisdom.com/2009/02/i-request-the-honor-of-your-comments/" rel="nofollow">I Request the Honor of your Comments</a></abbr></em> A lovely story, I really did not know any of my Grandparents well, my mother’s parents the best and they called me “the spoiled brat”
They were English of the very formal, reserved kind. My Father’s parents both died when he was very young.

I do think my mother came into her own as a Grandmother to my children who totally adored her. She died in 2007 at age 94. She was Canadian but lived the last years of her life close by and then at our house. She taught my children how to cook, do laundry, and clean to very high standards….for helping her every Saturday she gave them $100 a month every month they were in college. I think my children taught her to hug and say “I love you”
What a lovely and loving post. Thank you

Patricia´s last blog post – I Request the Honor of your Comments

]]> By: Kim Woodbridge http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/i-loved-my-grandmother/#comment-4797 Kim Woodbridge Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:01:26 +0000 http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/?p=2638#comment-4797 Hi Patricia - It sounds like you really bonded with your grandmother at that time. Apparently my mother was very sick before and after my younger brother was born - he is only 1.5 years younger. My grandmother took care of me for quite some time. That may how the strong attachment started although I have no memory of that time. Hi Patricia – It sounds like you really bonded with your grandmother at that time. Apparently my mother was very sick before and after my younger brother was born – he is only 1.5 years younger. My grandmother took care of me for quite some time. That may how the strong attachment started although I have no memory of that time.

]]> By: Kim Woodbridge http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/i-loved-my-grandmother/#comment-4796 Kim Woodbridge Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:59:47 +0000 http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/?p=2638#comment-4796 Hi George, Thank you. I'm sorry about your father - it's hard losing someone on days that are celebrated. I just went through this and I can't even imagine right now what next Christmas will be like. Hi George,

Thank you. I’m sorry about your father – it’s hard losing someone on days that are celebrated. I just went through this and I can’t even imagine right now what next Christmas will be like.

]]> By: Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworker http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/i-loved-my-grandmother/#comment-4794 Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworker Sun, 08 Feb 2009 06:12:27 +0000 http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/?p=2638#comment-4794 I was blessed as a child to have a wonderful grandma like yours. Mine was a very special lady. She entered my life as a substitute mom when I was 2 years old and got the whooping cough. To separate me from my baby brother so he wouldn't get the whooping cough too, my grandmother took me to stay with her for awhile. Most of my most cherished memories of my childhood were times that I spent with my grandmother. Thanks for helping me to remember those times with your stories about your grandmother. <abbr><em>Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworker´s last blog post - <a href="http://patriciasingleton.blogspot.com/2009/01/kindness-why-is-it-easier-to-be-kind-to.html" rel="nofollow">Kindness---Why Is It Easier To Be Kind To Strangers?</a></abbr></em> I was blessed as a child to have a wonderful grandma like yours. Mine was a very special lady. She entered my life as a substitute mom when I was 2 years old and got the whooping cough. To separate me from my baby brother so he wouldn’t get the whooping cough too, my grandmother took me to stay with her for awhile. Most of my most cherished memories of my childhood were times that I spent with my grandmother. Thanks for helping me to remember those times with your stories about your grandmother.

Patricia – Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworker´s last blog post – Kindness—Why Is It Easier To Be Kind To Strangers?

]]> By: Tumblemoose http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/i-loved-my-grandmother/#comment-4792 Tumblemoose Sun, 08 Feb 2009 03:31:23 +0000 http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/?p=2638#comment-4792 Thanks for the beautiful reminder about how it's the people in your life who really count. Dad passed on Valentines a few years ago so this time of year is always a little tough. With that said, I always warm up when I think of him, and sometimes I would swear he is right here in the room with me as I write. George <abbr><em>Tumblemoose´s last blog post - <a href="http://tumblemoose.com/self-publishing-the-new-american-idol/" rel="nofollow">Self Publishing: The new American Idol</a></abbr></em> Thanks for the beautiful reminder about how it’s the people in your life who really count.

Dad passed on Valentines a few years ago so this time of year is always a little tough. With that said, I always warm up when I think of him, and sometimes I would swear he is right here in the room with me as I write.

George

Tumblemoose´s last blog post – Self Publishing: The new American Idol

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