Through the middle of December, there will be a series of journal prompts regarding your life now and as a child. These prompts are about your life today.
Here are a few questions to get you thinking about you and your experiences. This is your history and writings of your individual experiences.
As a child, who did you live with? Were your parents married? Did you have siblings at home with you?
How were your relationships with each parent?
Did you live near your extended family? How often did you see them? What are special memories with each?
Maternal Grandparents: Merlin & Lois
I had THE best grandparents in the world. They lived in California, but I saw them frequently. The would often come for 4 weeks at a time and stay at two local camp grounds; their campers got nicer over time. We would raft with Grandpa down Hell Gate Canyon, grandma would pick us up in the SUV and drive us back to the boat launch. Grandma was a prankster and loved to do sewing and crafts. Occasionally, they would visit in the winter and during those trips grandpa taught me how to snow ski. In all of their travels around the world, grandma always sent me a postcard.
Grandpa Bob at my wedding
I happen to be blessed with multiple sets of grandparents on my father’s side. Most of my childhood, Grandpa Bob lived in Colorado, but for about a year, he lived near us. He and his wife have always been there for big events in my life. He came to be with us when I got married and before that to see me off to college. As I kid, I loved when he visited and not just because he had a supply of Mountain Dew and Dr. Pepper.
Me with my great-grandma, who we called AA
AA is the only great-grandparent that I sent time with. I only remember her after she had had a stroke and her speech was limited. She was always full of smiles and would call me and my siblings “the good one”, which is the phrase she used if she liked you. My youngest daughter is named after her.