BabyPoppy Posted Sunday at 05:08 AM Report Posted Sunday at 05:08 AM What is something a grandparent, or another special older person, has taught you?
BabyPoppy Posted Sunday at 09:40 PM Author Report Posted Sunday at 09:40 PM How to sew and make clothes... My grandma taught me to use a sewing machine when I was young. 1 1
innerchildtml Posted Wednesday at 01:59 AM Report Posted Wednesday at 01:59 AM To bake My granny loved to bake 2 1
lillizzie24 Posted Wednesday at 12:55 PM Report Posted Wednesday at 12:55 PM my grandparents were a big part of my life. My grandma taught me how to cook chicken noodle soup, how to can tomatoes Every Christmas us grandkids would go over to frost sugar cookies every Easter we went and colored eggs the day before Easter. I spent a whole summer with my grandpa after his heart attack so he could still deliver flowers for my aunts flower shop. He would spoil us grandkids rotten all we had to do is tell him someone was "picking on me" and he would yell at them. 2 1
Just Anna Posted Wednesday at 10:42 PM Report Posted Wednesday at 10:42 PM My Mamaw was such an inspiration to me. She was a true Southern woman who knew how to live off the land, and somehow, she always seemed to know a little bit of everything. She taught me how to cook, sew, bake, and most importantly, how to survive with what the land gave us. We would take nature hikes together, and she would teach me about different trees, roots, and plants and the ways they could be used. I remember her telling me about sassafras roots and how, when boiled, they tasted just like root beer. She taught me that polk berries could be used to dye material, that wild honeysuckle could be made into tea, and that you could even make dandelion honey from, of course, dandelions. She had so much knowledge tucked away inside her. It was like she carried an entire little book of the earth around with her, and I was lucky enough to sit beside her and learn from it. You could hand my Mamaw a simple scrap of clothing and somehow, in her hands, it could become something extraordinary. She had this beautiful way of taking what seemed ordinary and turning it into something useful, beautiful, and special. Because so much of who I am came from the things my Mamaw taught me, and I think a little piece of her will always live on in the things I create with my own two hands. 1 1 1
babypichu5 Posted 17 hours ago Report Posted 17 hours ago My grandmother is a farmer and she inspired me to follow suit. Through farming and gardening we have been able to connect. She has taught me that its okay to try something new and if it doesn't work out "Oh well we'll try another thing". One day when we were talking on the phone she told me that some of her crops did not do as well as she had hoped. During the call she was so calm about her disappointment, that it showed me that even if things don't go as expected I can choose peace and things will all be okay. I really love my grandma and wish I had more time to spend with her. She lives in my parents home country so we communicate over the phone and by letter. She means so much to me. 💛💛💛 2
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