Wait til you are pushing 80 and you meet their grandchildren :- who are adults. You can tell all the stories then. They won’t believe that Grandma, Opa, Nonno, Yaya would have ever been capable of such depravity.
Yes! So important to share the "other" family stories. The parts that add life to the sanitized histories that kids get told at family gatherings.
My maternal grandmother told me some wonderful and wild stories from her childhood (she was born in 1908). Finally, I understood where I got my practical joker/comedian/ham characteristics from. I think these stories are important: In moments of doubt then introspection, I have come to realize I haven't ventured off a path, I'm simply adding to / reinforcing it.
Thank you, Brittlestar, for these newsletters and videos. Always something to learn, reflect upon, or snicker with. Sometimes, too, slowing down enough to say thanks!
Wait til you are pushing 80 and you meet their grandchildren :- who are adults. You can tell all the stories then. They won’t believe that Grandma, Opa, Nonno, Yaya would have ever been capable of such depravity.
Yes! So important to share the "other" family stories. The parts that add life to the sanitized histories that kids get told at family gatherings.
My maternal grandmother told me some wonderful and wild stories from her childhood (she was born in 1908). Finally, I understood where I got my practical joker/comedian/ham characteristics from. I think these stories are important: In moments of doubt then introspection, I have come to realize I haven't ventured off a path, I'm simply adding to / reinforcing it.
Stories are so important. Thank you Wendy!
Thank you, Brittlestar, for these newsletters and videos. Always something to learn, reflect upon, or snicker with. Sometimes, too, slowing down enough to say thanks!