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Thinking of Grandma
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Thinking of Grandma |
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XOx Uriah xOX Senior Member
since 2006-02-11
Posts 1403Virginia 
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I thought about Grandma an awful lot today. Little things often cause the hands of Time to move backwards and bring shadows of the Past to the forefront of Mind. Memories sparked by sights, sounds and smells. Precious Time Machines. Grandma smelled like Ben-Gay and she always made my eyes water. All of her children were grown with families of their own and she would take turns staying a few months with each. I liked it when she came. I would get so excited knowing that she would bring late Christmas presents. Christmas presents in the Spring is a very exciting thing to a small child. After several such visits... I no longer looked forward to the presents. I still looked forward to seeing Grandma. But... A kid doesn't get too enthusiastic over T-shirts and socks. Grandma always talked to the television. If someone on T.V. asked a question or did something that she agreed with or disapproved of... She would either answer Yes or No or smile and nod or frown and shake her head in disgust. Near the end of her life she loved Hawaii 5-0. She never knew what it was called and had no clue who Jack Lord was, but every week she would ask... "When does Stoney Burke come on?" Anyway... There are many memories of her and I thought about Grandma today... How much I miss her... and how badly I need a pair of socks. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
my grandma always gave me bras, which she must have been blind to get such a huge size for me, that or wishful thinking I don't know grandmas are pretty much alike in some ways so it seems, especially the use of Ben Gay  |
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playing.with.crayons Member
since 2006-01-02
Posts 362Neverland |
my grandma smelled like Youthdew. funny. "youth". She was like seventy five. Then again she wore it for as long as I could remember. Grandmas are the best. And it was good old undies for me. nice poem, by the way. *grin* |
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Obscurity Member
since 2003-12-04
Posts 153In A Melancholic Dream |
I liked this poem, it made me remind myself of my grandmothers. May they rest in peace. I enjoyed this poem, very much. |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
liked this to, and echo all the comments above, PS, you made me chuckle to myself... thank you for the walk down memory lane...yes, indeedy, grandmas were the best. |
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