Did you get an opportunity to know your grandparents well and spend time with them?
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Babycakes Deux
ANSWERS: 18
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kinda. They're still pretty young though so I'm not rushing myself.
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No i only meet my dads mom and shes not a good person so we never got close, and my moms Grandma she was great but she died when i was 7 so no i never got the chance to spend time with them.
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I know my grandmother on my father's side. The rest of my grandparents died when I was fairly young and I didn't know them very well.
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my dad's parents are still alive, and my mom's mom is still alive so i've been fortunate to know most of my grandparents. i still remember both my great grandmothers and one of my great grandfathers. the first time i ever saw my dad's grandmother was at her funeral, which was very sad for me.
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No , they weren't the kind to be attentive. I wish I had a grandmother who thought I was special enough to want to be with me. So now I am going to be the very best grandmother I can be....hugs and kisses and whisper sweet words to her every day:) Thanks for your question BD !!
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My grandma died when I was twelve, I loved her but wasn't very close. My grandpa and I spent alot of time together, he was a great man.
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Yes I did. I was fortunate enough to spend time with both sets of grandparents and both great grandmothers, and one great grandfather , although he died when I was about eight.
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No. My dad's parents both died before I was born. My mom's mom died when I was 14 months old... I only got to know my mom's dad until I was in grade 11 when he died too.
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No, they were gone before I came into the world..dad and the mother were grandparents themselves when I was born :)
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I was very close to 3 of my grandparents; my dads father passed away before i was born. I also had some time with 3 of my great grandparents. I've been very blessed in that area!!
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2 out of 4... I remain close with my two grandmothers...though we don't spend much time together i still visit often enough. My one grandfather passed before my parents even met and my second one passed away when i was ten.
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Only one grandmother, and we didn't get along too well. She only had a 3rd grade education and my father had to take care of her finances. She outlived my parents, I felt sorry for her because she missed them greatly after they were gone instead of loving them more when they were alive. The other's died before I was born or when I was a pre-schooler.
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I've been fortunate. I'm 31 and I've known all of my grandparents (my birth father's dad died when I was a teenager, the rest are still alive) I also have memories of meeting one of my great grandparents. They continue to be a great part of my life.
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Yes, my grandmother lived with us so we got to know her really well and my grandfather used to visit us and we would spend a week with him every summer. I was glad I had the opportunity to get to know them.
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My Dad's parents both died when I was 10, but I did spend a great deal of time with them and remember them well. My Mother's Dad died when I was 30, and her Mom died when I was 37. I lived close by them, and helped take them shopping, and just visited whenever I could. Before my Grandma died, I used to go to the nursing home when I could and feed her. It really struck me that she had gotten so frail, tiny and helpless, and that I could hold her head in my hand. It made me think of the circle of life, and how many times she must have held my head in her hand, and fed me. I knew my Mom's Grandma...she lived to be 103, and had her mind until the end. She used to tell me she was gonna dance at my wedding. (I was the oldest great-grandchild.) She died when I was 20, and engaged to my ex-husband; she almost made it! I miss them all terribly, and look at their pictures often.
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Yes. My paternal grandfather died when I was six, but I do remember bits and pieces about him. My paternal grandmother died in April, 2007. I wrote up a tribute to her for my website, at http://www.orangefrogproductions.com/ofp2o_auth_nfts_tributetomamaw.shtml . My maternal grandfather died in 1986. He got to see both my sons born. And, yes... I remember him... He was gruff, but fair, and I remember the smell of him smoking a pipe when we went to visit them in Ohio, once-a-year, and his rebuilding a house, before they moved to Lafayette, Indiana. My maternal grandmother died in 2000, the day after my mother's birthday. She died of Alzheimers. I remember her from Ohio, and Lafayette, and too much of when she didn't remember anyone.
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Yes, I did with my maternal grandparents. When my mother took classes in the summer, I stayed with them for a month or so. My grandfather was a bit curmudgeonly, but he delighted in doing little things like sharing a birch beer or a pink milk or a soft pretzel. He liked to take me places and show me things too. He particularly loved water mills and hit-n-miss engines, and I guess that is where I got my fascination with them. My grandmother loved to cook and sew and quilt and garden. She had a real gift for each. She was warm and loving and snuggly. They both loved music. You never got to sleep in at there house. You got blasted out of bed by Bach.
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i only got to know the ones on my mother's side, but they both died when i was a kid, on my fathers side they were both gone before i was born
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