Grandmother

GRANDMOTHER = your mother’s mother or your father’s mother

QUESTION: Do you remember your grandmother?

STORY:  In 1955, when I was 8 years old and grandma was 71, I went into her living room and sat on the footstool next to where she was sitting. She began brushing my hair and that’s when I asked her to tell me a story of when she was 8 years old. Well, she told me this amazing story: Grandma was the youngest of 12 kids and they lived on a farm in Wisconsin. One day, grandma came into the living room and saw her 6 sisters sitting in a circle on the floor each holding a pillow case. In the middle of their circle was a huge pile of goose feathers. Each sister would grab a feather, break off the hard quill and put the soft feather into her pillow case. They were making pillows and mattresses. Grandma was too young to do such important work - so she ran around the sisters raising her arms, shouting and laughing. She made her sisters laugh and when they laughed - the big pile of goose feathers rose up and fell down. Wow! Today we buy pillows and mattresses! What a different world it is today. 

QUOTES

“Every house needs a grandmother in it.” ~ Louisa May Alcott

“There is no other love that’s as special as the love of a grandma. So warm and fuzzy, so calm and sweet, so cheerful & joyful.” ~ Hopal Green

“My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She’s 97 now, and we don’t know where the heck she is.” ~ Ellen Degeneres

“Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. They sprinkle stardust over their lives.” ~ Alex Haley

EXERCISE

STOP.

Sit quietly.

Assume an erect posture. Sense the breath.

Relax and play with your imagination. Imagine your grandma sitting next to you. Ask her to tell you a story about her life when she was a little girl.

Get your pen and paper and write the story she tells you. And if you have another minute, draw lines expressing the FEELING of LOVE flowing from generation to generation through this story.