Share a memory of your grandparents or an older person that you loved.
I figure this is a good place to talk about my great-grandmothers, who I knew most of my life thus far.
Nana was my Granny's mother, and she was fun and a little spastic. She was such a little thing--so small and delicate, like my Granny, but possessing absurd amounts of energy and a bit of a temper :) She always asked us hard questions to make us think, and never shied away from the tough questions either. She would talk to us about whether or not aliens or angels or demons existed, what we believed about the afterlife, near death experiences....she always had such interesting insights! She was always so very happy to see us, as we were to see her. She had a twin sister that I cannot remember ever having met, but was cool never the less. She passed away when I was 19 years old.
Grandma was Papa's mother, and she lived a couple states away in Colorado. We loved visiting her when I was growing up--it is so different from Texas. She had a basement in her house, where she kept all her dolls and we would hang out. This one doll, she called "Baby No Name", and that's the one I remember. She also collected Madam Alexander dolls, and loved things with butterflies on them. She taught us how to play poker and make cabbage rolls and do so many things. She had the most wonderful laugh in the world, and sparkly blue grandma eyes. She was very much like my mother, and she got along with everyone--she never judged, she just listened. She passed away more recently (when I turned 23), so memories are more poignant....
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