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Comments for Grandmother
Grandmother: 07/09/07
The lovely girl on the right was my maternal grandmother. Today would have been her 86th birthday. It seems like I write about her every year on her birthday but this is actually the first time in three years.
The photograph was taken when she was thirteen and she always commented about how she hated the curls in the portrait. She wanted straight hair and those curls were the best she could do. Some number of years ago (before I went to college) she gave me the old photograph along with two of my mother (ages 3 and 13). Until last year when I switched wallets, I carried these three photographs with me in my wallet. The photograph of grandmother is tiny: only about an inch and half tall by an inch wide. It's actually smaller than what I've created in Photoshop for use in this blog post!
Like Harriet, Grandmother was a younger sister. I'm starting to see Grandmother's old tomboy ways now in Harriet who strives to keep up with Sean. She is not intimidated by him when he scolds her for getting into his toys or when she tries to take his game controller away. She just scrunches up her face in a way that says: "Just you wait!" and so reminds me of my grandmother.
Comment #1: Tuesday, July, 10, 2007 at 10:59:36
What a great tribute, and I love the picture! Look how young 13 year olds looked back then compared to how they look today...we don't take "natural" pictures like that anymore, do we? "
Comment #2: Tuesday, July, 10, 2007 at 13:10:11
Your Grammy was lovely. And what a nice way to remember her. I don't have any pictures of my grandparents at that age. You're so blessed! "