Grandparents

[Janet]

I am one of the unfortunate ones who never met her grandparents. They were gone before and very shortly after I was born. Dad is no longer here so I can't ask him about his parents and my mother doesn't know. Both set of grandparents divorced and remarried others.

The first of how I knew what grandparents were like was when I started dating my husband. He still had both sets of his. They were wonderful and just exactly how I thought grandparents were suppose to be. They too are gone now.

My son never got to know my dad, but loves my Mom even though she is not the devoted grandmother and he knew his grandparents from my husbands side. Now this grandfather is gone and his grandmother is in a nursing home dieing of cancer.

[Marilyn]

My grandparents passed away when I was very small, all except my maternal grandmother. I was 13 when she died.

My maternal grandparents, born in the 1880's were pen pals. My grandfather even proposed by letter. He lived in Kansas and she in the Oklahoma Territory. I don't know how they started corresponding. I have one living uncle who may know. I will have to ask him. My mother had all of their letters, even the proposal one, but one holiday when a bunch of the family were visiting, she gave one of my cousins most of the letters for some reason. He lives out of town & I don't know what happened to them. My grandparents were very happy together. However, he was over 6' tall, and she was less than 5' so in all of their pictures together, he is sitting and she is standing. He was a farmer and a preacher. They had 7 children.

On of my aunts married her pen pal, also, but this was not a happy union, and she died of cancer when she was in her 40's.

My mother never allowed me to have a pen pal.

[Janet]

Originally Posted by Marilyn

My grandparents passed away when I was very small, all except my maternal grandmother. I was 13 when she died.

My maternal grandparents, born in the 1880's were pen pals. My grandfather even proposed by letter. He lived in Kansas and she in the Oklahoma Territory. I don't know how they started corresponding. I have one living uncle who may know. I will have to ask him. My mother had all of their letters, even the proposal one, but one holiday when a bunch of the family were visiting, she gave one of my cousins most of the letters for some reason. He lives out of town & I don't know what happened to them. My grandparents were very happy together. However, he was over 6' tall, and she was less than 5' so in all of their pictures together, he is sitting and she is standing. He was a farmer and a preacher. They had 7 children.

On of my aunts married her pen pal, also, but this was not a happy union, and she died of cancer when she was in her 40's.

My mother never allowed me to have a pen pal.

Just curious Marilyn, did she ever tell you why you were never allowed a pen pal?

[Marilyn]

Originally Posted by Janet

Just curious Marilyn, did she ever tell you why you were never allowed a pen pal?

Nope, but I think I can guess.

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Originally Posted by Marilyn

My grandparents passed away when I was very small, all except my maternal grandmother. I was 13 when she died.

My maternal grandparents, born in the 1880's were pen pals. My grandfather even proposed by letter. He lived in Kansas and she in the Oklahoma Territory. I don't know how they started corresponding. I have one living uncle who may know. I will have to ask him. My mother had all of their letters, even the proposal one, but one holiday when a bunch of the family were visiting, she gave one of my cousins most of the letters for some reason. He lives out of town & I don't know what happened to them. My grandparents were very happy together. However, he was over 6' tall, and she was less than 5' so in all of their pictures together, he is sitting and she is standing. He was a farmer and a preacher. They had 7 children.

On of my aunts married her pen pal, also, but this was not a happy union, and she died of cancer when she was in her 40's.

My mother never allowed me to have a pen pal.

That is such a cute story!!!!!