tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post8384282515082515272..comments2024-02-10T02:29:29.558-06:00Comments on Life & Faith in Caneyhead: Musical Memories - Mama Ruth and Merle HaggardBarbara In Caneyheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-17376535944461059432015-04-16T23:27:12.954-05:002015-04-16T23:27:12.954-05:00Yes, m'am you were indeed blessed!Yes, m'am you were indeed blessed!Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-85710506278431030762015-04-16T23:03:45.377-05:002015-04-16T23:03:45.377-05:00It's nice that you have that memory of her . I...It's nice that you have that memory of her . I lost three grandparents between my teens and college, but my mom's mother , "Mama Mason,"'was around for a long time. She babysat my kids when they were small. She was more like a mom to me than my own mom and I miss her like crazy. She lived to be nearly 100, but the last 5 years she was in a nursing home. She died nearly ten years ago. I am blessed that my kids and I had her in our lives for so long Melissa Sugarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16268333458796847721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-71147076692567493312015-04-16T17:38:17.625-05:002015-04-16T17:38:17.625-05:00I know. But we have to just be grateful for the t...I know. But we have to just be grateful for the time we did have, remember them and make some memories for the next generation.Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-22610052749697875502015-04-16T14:26:45.191-05:002015-04-16T14:26:45.191-05:00My mother's mother was with me until passt my ...My mother's mother was with me until passt my teen years and my father's father until I was a young woman. I miss them a lot.JazzFeathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08650512457155395633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-23420518041830281002015-04-16T06:31:13.941-05:002015-04-16T06:31:13.941-05:00Sweet memories! I like to do those things with my...Sweet memories! I like to do those things with my granddaughter, Hazil Ruth. And I'm happy that her favorite book for me to read is about the birth of Jesus.Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-38912114517767087422015-04-16T06:28:58.868-05:002015-04-16T06:28:58.868-05:00How wonderful to have a great grandmother still ar...How wonderful to have a great grandmother still around! It's odd how sometimes they just know they are going home.Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-32579316397291092962015-04-16T06:26:49.742-05:002015-04-16T06:26:49.742-05:00Oh, how sweet! What a precious memory to have!Oh, how sweet! What a precious memory to have!Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-58514894283112017362015-04-15T23:53:20.681-05:002015-04-15T23:53:20.681-05:00I loved my Grandma so much! She died around 10 yea...I loved my Grandma so much! She died around 10 years ago. There were so many things that were so special. Most of all are my earliest memories of learning about Jesus when I was just a little thing, as she taught me prayers and songs like "Jesus Loves Me".<br /><br />Blessings,<br />TheresaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-58185894927200626072015-04-15T23:41:35.352-05:002015-04-15T23:41:35.352-05:00I was very close to two grandmothers - they were m...I was very close to two grandmothers - they were mother and daughter. My gr grandmother lived to see my first two children born.<br /><br />When my middle son was just 4 months old, we stayed with her and she told me she would die soon - keep in mind, she wasn't even sick at the time. She took me to a back bedroom and showed me where she had stashed his Christmas present and told me "I want him to have something from his Nanny."<br /><br />She passed away two weeks later and I retrieved the gift - a yellow teddy bear that he carried for the longest time.Cherdohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00264612202714933480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-17428998591290608512015-04-15T23:37:44.632-05:002015-04-15T23:37:44.632-05:00As much as I dislike saying that I have a favorite...As much as I dislike saying that I have a favorite between two grandpa's .. I am a lot closer to my maternal one. He loves to sing "kundiman", which are romantic folk songs. My fond memory of him is when he would walk the moonlit path from our house to theirs, singing a folk song which I will translate some lines here: Oh bright moon I beg you / My beloved, please help me find / Destiny might play a game / Days will pass / My love will never change / Not even until my last breath and I'm gone.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00742777265021634232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-4114598381811629642015-04-15T23:13:11.154-05:002015-04-15T23:13:11.154-05:00Thank you for joining in and sharing your memories...Thank you for joining in and sharing your memories with me! Glad you have some that are so pleasant. <br />Visit me at: <a href="http://lifefaithincaneyhead.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Life & Faith in Caneyhead</a><br />I am Ensign B of <a href="http://authorstephentremp.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Tremps' Troops</a><br />with the <a href="http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/p/a-to-z-challenge-sign-uplist-2015.html" rel="nofollow">A to Z Challenge</a><br />Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-61031564097240691772015-04-15T22:51:32.415-05:002015-04-15T22:51:32.415-05:00I grew up on country music, so I'm smiling at ...I grew up on country music, so I'm smiling at this.<br /><br />Only my maternal grandmother lived past my teens- but she was a difficult woman, and we had a stressful relationship. I was far more influence by my maternal grandparents, although Gramma died when I was 9, and Grandpa when I was 17, a month before I graduated. I think the way I want to chronicle the everyday bits of my life comes from them - Grandpa took and showed Super 8 films all through my childhood, so I had a living history to connect me to my past.<br /><br />I write often at a "desk" that was my Gramma's hoosier cabinet, where I can remember her rolling pie crusts and "Putting up jells" while standing there. It's too low for me to use that way, so I have a sense that I'm a taller woman than she was, by a fair margin, <br /><br />We were quite close, those grandparents and I, and I still miss them, after all this time. Thanks for the sweet memories!Shan Jeniah Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01757607146774769663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-19651597504751635192015-04-15T22:20:45.952-05:002015-04-15T22:20:45.952-05:00I hear you! I find myself being more and more &qu...I hear you! I find myself being more and more "retro" every day. At first when you become an adult, you get a little enamored of some of the new ideas you encounter. But as you live and continue to learn, you realize what you were taught and shown while growing up had you standing in good stead all along.<br />Visit me at: <a href="http://lifefaithincaneyhead.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Life & Faith in Caneyhead</a><br />I am Ensign B of <a href="http://authorstephentremp.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Tremps' Troops</a><br />with the <a href="http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/p/a-to-z-challenge-sign-uplist-2015.html" rel="nofollow">A to Z Challenge</a><br />Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-65425587687335819342015-04-15T21:36:04.429-05:002015-04-15T21:36:04.429-05:00How great to have a role model like that who knew ...How great to have a role model like that who knew who she was and was confident in her identity. I cherish memories of my grandparents also and also my parents. I miss them dearly. Their values are deeply engrained. <a href="%E2%80%9D" rel="nofollow"> Maria@Delight Directed Living</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12248483093711799736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-64471113549298560362015-04-15T21:11:15.575-05:002015-04-15T21:11:15.575-05:00Yes, it is Paula. I look forward to getting a cha...Yes, it is Paula. I look forward to getting a chance to know the many who have gone before one bright and blessed morning.Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-81461070844563804102015-04-15T21:10:04.227-05:002015-04-15T21:10:04.227-05:00Well, it's nice you got to have a great grandm...Well, it's nice you got to have a great grandmother around that long! And knitting is a good skill to have.Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-56208275072670098662015-04-15T20:59:57.620-05:002015-04-15T20:59:57.620-05:00Thank you, Eva. I'm sorry you didn't get ...Thank you, Eva. I'm sorry you didn't get to know even one grandparent. I have always felt a little cheated because all of mine were gone before I got into high school. But looking though your eyes, I am fortunate. I have at few crystal clear memories of each of them. Enough, at least to know I was loved. Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-12270276971144579972015-04-15T19:28:43.247-05:002015-04-15T19:28:43.247-05:00Two grandparents I didn't get to know at all a...Two grandparents I didn't get to know at all and two died when I was young. Too bad.Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04007728342316668058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-69059840655638941872015-04-15T19:20:13.230-05:002015-04-15T19:20:13.230-05:00My father's parents died when I was in my 20s....My father's parents died when I was in my 20s. My mother's mother's mother taught me to knit. And I still have all her needles and some of her yarn (vintage! but '80s vintage, not a fun decade).<br /><br />Liz A. from <a href="http://lawsofgravity.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Laws of Gravity</a>Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-70181379241431437842015-04-15T18:32:20.913-05:002015-04-15T18:32:20.913-05:00Hi Barbara. Sadly, all of my grandparents passed b...Hi Barbara. Sadly, all of my grandparents passed by the time I was born so I never had the opportunity of knowing them. You were blessed to have the moments you did. :) I like that part of the reason you're blogging is to keep a record for your children and grandchildren. Awesome. EvaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-83137387735416778342015-04-15T18:15:50.434-05:002015-04-15T18:15:50.434-05:00I think it wonderful that you respected her enough...I think it wonderful that you respected her enough to think that the story might be important to her! So many would just say, that crazy old bird kept telling me the same story.Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-64295261723347664122015-04-15T18:13:53.034-05:002015-04-15T18:13:53.034-05:00You are right Alex. I treasure that moment. One ...You are right Alex. I treasure that moment. One reason I blog is so that some of what I've done, what I think, how I feel will be recorded for my children and grandchildren. Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-25607637549056195242015-04-15T18:11:01.673-05:002015-04-15T18:11:01.673-05:00How sweet! It was good that you had her through t...How sweet! It was good that you had her through that rough patch.Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-50461064399001177432015-04-15T18:10:05.415-05:002015-04-15T18:10:05.415-05:00Oh, how cool! Oh, how cool! Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941371995600376751.post-44935086382098077472015-04-15T18:09:25.952-05:002015-04-15T18:09:25.952-05:00Wow! That's wonderful.Wow! That's wonderful. Barbara In Caneyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053601327400989802noreply@blogger.com