What’s the small things that remind you of your grandparents

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my paternal grandparents were farmers in central Louisiana. Both were born in 1910. Any time I see OLD farm equipment or tools I think of them. There were distinct smells that I can still smell today. My childhood in the 70s was the greatest.

My grandmother always had a supply of peppermints and Dentyne gum. Anytime I have peppermints or smell cinnamon gum it reminds me of that.

I’m sorry buddy, do you need a hug?

The smell of gasoline because my grandpa has always kept a can of gas in his vehicle. So his car and clothes always smell like gas.

Gingersnap cookies

3-In-One Oil and Steen's Pure Cane Syrup remind me of my paternal grandfather. Purple hull peas, frying bacon, and flit guns remind me of my paternal grandmother

Pepperidge Farms Raisin Bread and Highlights for Children magazine remind me of my maternal grandmother. My A.H. Fox Sterlingworth double-barrel shotgun reminds me of my maternal grandfather, but he died before I was born. My mother gave me his gun before she died in 1993.

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Steen's Pure Cane Syrup

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good one. I forgot about that

Smell of mothballs. Grandma put one in every draw and a handful in each closet. They lived in Vermont in an old farmhouse.

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small things that remind you of your grandparents

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Documentaries of the Pacific theater in WWII remind me of my gramps

Making a roux reminds me of my great grandmother and her massive roux arm. Woman could have been in "Over the Top", no doubt in my mind.

When I council my kids it reminds me of my other grampa who was a teacher, principal and then addiction / behavioral councilor for youth prisons in the latter part of his career. I find myself telling my kids the same things he told me because they are still fresh in my head as if he just told me.