tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469509176316025961.post2688568402227249805..comments2024-03-28T14:34:13.323-04:00Comments on Life in a Small Town: Extended Family FlashbackMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11533317405680450964noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469509176316025961.post-2462442702318651192010-06-15T10:30:02.520-04:002010-06-15T10:30:02.520-04:00I'm a sentimental girl... Love this. Priceles...I'm a sentimental girl... Love this. Priceless pictures... Really!!H-Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13223558705981496824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469509176316025961.post-89441050260157037112010-06-13T12:09:54.033-04:002010-06-13T12:09:54.033-04:00Seven of my nine siblings live nearby, and the ext...Seven of my nine siblings live nearby, and the extended family lives here, too. I guess I should never take that for granted. Your aunt and uncle...clearly you are richer for having known them :)Mrs4444https://www.blogger.com/profile/06426176094895489541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469509176316025961.post-44361637659236217282010-06-11T20:44:50.597-04:002010-06-11T20:44:50.597-04:00That is a blog post full of memories. :)
Funny how...That is a blog post full of memories. :)<br />Funny how your families have intertwined in marriage over the years.Busy Bee Suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18115487928147732314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469509176316025961.post-67485758633114506302010-06-11T18:06:47.419-04:002010-06-11T18:06:47.419-04:00Good grief, who wrote this -you or me?!
I mean, s...Good grief, who wrote this -you or me?!<br /><br />I mean, seriously, this all sounds so familiar. The big fat favorite uncle, who always took us riding (down Thrill Hill - it was like a roller coaster) and walking in the creek ("Y'all watch out for cottonmouths, now!" he'd yell when we were too far away from civilization to retreat.)<br /><br />The saint in our family was my grandmother, and yes, she took in her aunt and fed her, bathed her, changed her diapers, EVERYTHING.<br /><br />And the kissin' cousins? Oh, yeah, we got em. I once tried to do my husband's family tree - IMPOSSIBLE! I had so many crisscrossed lines, I had to just give up. Among others - my sister in law, who married her first cousin, later kicked him out and moved in with his brother; Hubby's maternal aunt, who married Hubby's paternal uncle, had an affair with his grown son and became pregnant soon afterwards. The paternity was never questioned - just assumed the daughter was the husband's child - but was called into question 16 years later when said daughter married the aforementioned son - who may or may not have been her own father!<br /><br />Thanks for the memeories!ethelmaepotter!https://www.blogger.com/profile/10626030604752269356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469509176316025961.post-84736720034427278242010-06-11T15:02:38.209-04:002010-06-11T15:02:38.209-04:00I just came over from Crooked Lines. I felt like ...I just came over from Crooked Lines. I felt like I was at a mini-family reunion, getting caught up on your family like that. And summer is the perfect time to be thinking family.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01680470602835526738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469509176316025961.post-70936800593075022162010-06-11T14:50:47.026-04:002010-06-11T14:50:47.026-04:00When I was dipping into genealogy a bit, I found t...When I was dipping into genealogy a bit, I found that two sides of my grandmother's family seemed to marry each other a lot. My husband said that explains a lot about my family! LOL I agree that your Aunt C sounds like a saint. There aren't so many people left who would take care of so many like that - she's a treasure!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08733406219995902188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469509176316025961.post-67292871913059137612010-06-11T13:15:58.628-04:002010-06-11T13:15:58.628-04:00What part of Texas? My grandparents and aunts and...What part of Texas? My grandparents and aunts and uncles and cousins lived in Wichita Falls. We visited there yearly. (They only came once to see us. :-( My dad's parents were in New Jersey, and we did the every other year thing with them. I always loved those visits - long car ride and all....Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18220245768356903862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469509176316025961.post-24999397466313778702010-06-11T12:14:18.431-04:002010-06-11T12:14:18.431-04:00I may be a transplant myself, but I gotta say that...I may be a transplant myself, but I gotta say that the sweetest, nicest people come from Texas! sweet post!Growin' With Ithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13475275047957595272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469509176316025961.post-41552491480400805452010-06-11T10:19:00.242-04:002010-06-11T10:19:00.242-04:00This is a wonderful memory you have of your favori...This is a wonderful memory you have of your favorite uncle and of your grandmother. (Thank you too for peeking in on my favorite uncle writing.)<br /><br />I enjoyed every word here. Wasn't it something that we tolerated cigar smoke back then? Your mom had eyes in the back of her head and ears on your shoulders or else your fave ratted on you.<br /><br />Wasn't it also something that we could canoe the Rio Grande! I know people along there miss it now. When we lived in El Paso the street at the end of our block was a subdivision street which bordered the Rio Grande. I would ride my motorscooter on river side of the grassy area between the street and the river which was no wider than the average golf course fairway.<br /><br />Too bad we can't figure out a way to have open borders like Europe has but still able some other way to filter out terrorists and drugs. I liked it the way it used to be. Canoes and fording the Rio Grande.<br /><br />Soon we will all be the older generation. I am already (three uncles are my age) and Mrs. Jim has only the wife of an uncle living.<br />..Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982249173214655060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469509176316025961.post-24275683564800728482010-06-11T10:10:39.576-04:002010-06-11T10:10:39.576-04:00Such fun memories! Your post made me think of all...Such fun memories! Your post made me think of all the things I didn't put in mine! LOLMocha with Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16387717261200678465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469509176316025961.post-12037247934463997302010-06-11T09:49:09.662-04:002010-06-11T09:49:09.662-04:00Loved reading about your family!
I had NO family ...Loved reading about your family!<br /><br />I had NO family close by (they were in different countries!), so I never did family reunions or anything. I did travel to Canada and France when I was a teenager. I have a huge family on my mom's side, so the trip was a lot of fun!<br /><br />However, I think that it's because of not growing up with family near by that I get very overwhelmed when I get together with larger groups of people (especially the family, as it's grown). Ugh.<br /><br />BTW, my sister and I are married to brothers. How's that for confusing? We share the same in-laws! My brother-in-law and I joke that we're in-law's, squared.<br /><br />heeheeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469509176316025961.post-2127423109977542002010-06-11T08:47:38.988-04:002010-06-11T08:47:38.988-04:00We had to move my grandmother down from Ohio when ...We had to move my grandmother down from Ohio when she could no longer take care of herself as well. Eventually (after about five years) we had to go to a nursing home when Grandma care got to be too much for us to handle, she had some medical issue and mobility issues that we could just not physically handle in a home setting. Then she fell and it went down hill from there. Thankfully the nursing home was very close so we could all take turns visiting her and monitoring her care!<br /><br />What an example of loving care and sacrifice you have in your Aunt!<br /><br />Blessings<br />RRobin Lambrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12408265939620170615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469509176316025961.post-78922207572488033512010-06-11T07:40:28.197-04:002010-06-11T07:40:28.197-04:00What wonderful memories! My grandmother lived with...What wonderful memories! My grandmother lived with us when I was growing up as did my uncle. And initially we had only two bedrooms--don't know how we managed that but we did! I'm always telling stories about one memory or another--I think it's a precious gift to have such good memories!Sr. Ann Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306386663608358131noreply@blogger.com