What Do You Remember About Your Grandma?

The older she got the less of a filter she had

They were great women who worked hard and sacrificed themselves for their family

She’s 95 and has dipped Bruton powdered snuff for about 80 years. Was married to my pawpaw for 76 years. Great cook and even better lady. Grew up poor in the rural, dirt poor south during the depression. Very tough, frugal, and loving. Made it to about the 5th grade in school and was a homemaker.

Top 2 women i have ever met. Used to talk with her every two weeks on the phone when i moved away, We would usually talk 30 or more minutes about anything. When i was in college, in same city, would always show up unexpected for lunch and there was always a plate waiting for me.Best cook i have ever had .That little Cajun Grandma has been missed everyday since she passed 10 years ago

My grandma on my mom's side made the best baked chicken and gravies that I've ever had. She also was very athletic and would play some pretty intense basketball games with us.

My grandma on my dad's side was a southern bell. I remember when we'd stay at her house we would have to sleep in the basement. You'd wake up to the sound of her feet pattering around the kitchen above you. Shortly after you'd start smelling bacon cooking.


Both my grandmas were awesome ladies.

Dad’s mom -
She was a character. Loved to drink beer, eat crawfish, play cards with the girls on Wednesdays, loved golfing, loved her family, and a devout Catholic. We joked that the grandkids who married in the Catholic Church were secretly her favorites. She helped my paw paw run the family business and she would’ve done anything for any of us.

Mom’s mom -
She loved us and God more than anything else. She lived paycheck to paycheck and worried constantly. When I was young, all I had to do was say I wanted fish and she’d go buy catfish, come home, and fry it for me. I cut her grass often, helped as much as I could and always wished I could’ve helped more but I was too young. She had a heart of gold but she worried constantly to the point of paranoia. She was convinced her neighbor was sabotaging her yard work, unscrewing her lightbulbs, and sneaking into her home at night to watch her sleep. It was no surprise at all when she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and dementia. She was pissed and genuinely hurt when my mom put her into a nursing home when she got to the point of no return. It was too much for my mom to handle by herself. Her reaction to being confined to a nursing home was truly the worst thing about her entire downfall at the end of her life. It was about a year or so later that she got to the point of not knowing who we were or where she was and she passed away about three years after that. Alzheimer’s is a raging bitch and I pray we find a cure for it.

One of my grandmothers is still alive, I am 49 and she is 90.

They were both hard women who did not exude warmth. I remember the one who was slightly more tolerant of children smelling like a tomato leaf and speaking almost exclusively in country colloquialisms.

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Is your dad still in prison for having sexual relations with your underage mom?

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Mom and Dad are both still alive, both 73 years old and only a few months apart.

My grandmother had my mom (their oldest) when she was 18 (and married) which wasn't abnormal in the 50's. Mom and dad had me when they were (married) in their 20's.