tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277958807014785878.post4912580653547165945..comments2023-07-31T02:33:09.565-07:00Comments on GRANDparent Connection: Writing Birthday LettersMary May Larmoyeuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06742394540935471426noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277958807014785878.post-68584336565457284412012-03-18T19:08:19.030-07:002012-03-18T19:08:19.030-07:00What a beautiful way to connect with the grandchil...What a beautiful way to connect with the grandchildren. I still look at pictures and writings from my grandparents whom I never Knew and just try to understand their personalities, the sound of their voices... their humor. Do I have similar eccentricities, likes... dislikes? I only know what my parents said about them. Your grandchildren are so fortunate to receive birthday letters. What a legacy. I save our e-mails and letters and keep a file on each grandchild holding drawings, school plays, pictures, honors, etc. and now have started on great-grandchildren. RitaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277958807014785878.post-81101585442015540612010-06-14T19:10:19.431-07:002010-06-14T19:10:19.431-07:00I never knew any of my grandparents but, unaware, ...I never knew any of my grandparents but, unaware, they left something for their grandchildren. Our maternal grandmother died of cancer and when ill, she decided to study botany. She had a lovely book of colored specimen and wrote (in German) the family of each plant. I took pages from the book and framed them for each grandchild and many great grandchildren. Mine hangs in the dining room. It is nice to see her handwriting. Our paternal grandmother was French and memorized a complete book of Tennyson’s poetry. I hold the thumb worn cover of that little book and feel that I am touching her hand. In a special way, these little treasures hold beautiful memories of our grandparents. Blessings, RitaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com