Carry On The Legacy

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These daughters of mine…

Embracing this trend called Grandmacore…cozy things that embody the stereotypical back in the day grandma…knitting…crocheting…baking…gardening…

Made this old gal think about her grandmas…definitely from back in the day…two adorable women…who could not have been more different…

One a farm wife…wore an apron and a bandana in her hair…killed chickens for homemade soup…made kolaches with her sisters…

The other went to college…worked in the healthcare field with her husband…loved to eat out and baked the occasional chocolate chip cookies with nuts…

One gardened…did needlepoint…had a little lemon tree that produced lemons…
The other did jigsaw puzzles…crossword puzzles…and was obsessed with the Iowa Hawkeyes…

One watched Lawrence Welk and cooked breakfast on Sunday mornings while the Czech polka party played in the background…
The other watched CNN…the local news…and never missed an episode of As the World Turns…

One took cooking breaks by the open kitchen window…sat on a step stool and drank a whiskey 7 over ice…
The other loved coffee with cream…day old popcorn…red licorice and butterscotch candy…

One was all business…took no crap…ran the show…
The other…quiet…aware…a wise word…a quiet chuckle…

Grandmacore…or in this case…Grandma Core…the core…the heart…from where we come…

See these ladies in those daughters of mine every day…
sewing…knitting…baking…
passionate…confident…strong willed…kind…caring…wise…
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Carrying on a legacy…of which those grandmas…and grandpas…would be so very proud…
And those brothers of mine…would agree…