On a recent trip to my "last living aunt's" home the time flew by with stories she told of growing up. She has many more stories in her and I intend to schedule more visits! We both enjoyed the telling and the hearing of how my Great Grandfather Ida was a drinker, and someone in town said "..if they were married to his wife they'd drink too!" We found pictures of my father's aunts and uncle. Everyone said "Ole Uncle Mose had the largest hands anyone had ever seen". Both Aunt Liz and Aunt Rose were tall slender women who lived to ripe old ages. I heard stories of love lost, ornery great grandmothers and growing up on a rural farm where you went out back and brought in that night's supper...so Mother could wring it's neck, pluck it clean and fry it! I scanned photos of my grandmother butchering a small bear my uncle had shot. Boy did she look happy to be doing it! (Eew!) I even came home with photos of my Great Great Grandfather Damon Franklin Hodge and his wife, Great Great Grandmother Abigail Huntly Carr. I must say, they were not very flattering!
I wish I had written down the many stories my parents had shared when I was young. Now they and most of their generation are gone. These stories and photos add so much to my family history, and sometimes we get quite a chuckle. I hope everyone takes the time to sit and listen while you can!
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