Comments | lyssa027: Open Topic: Mother's Day

lyssa027

Open Topic: Mother's Day

May 09, 2020 22:32

This was written for a sudden death tie-breaker open topic entry for therealljidol

In honor of Mother's Day being tomorrow, I decided to write about my Nana. The pic below is actually a picture I scanned from an old photo album she gave me recently from one of our Disney World trips like the one mentioned in this story ( Read more... )

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ragnarok_08 May 10 2020, 04:15:35 UTC

*hugs*

lyssa027 May 10 2020, 15:56:41 UTC

Thank you

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karmasoup May 10 2020, 05:51:38 UTC

This is such a sweet little glimpse of a an obviously lovely woman. In that photo, she reminds me a little of Bea Arthur back in the days when she played Maude. What a treasure she must be. I'm glad you still have her in your life, and you were able to reach her, to touch her, and to connect with her. Thanks for sharing this. <3

d0gs May 10 2020, 13:33:08 UTC

. In that photo, she reminds me a little of Bea Arthur back in the days when she played Maude You're right! I was trying to think who she reminded me of but couldn't place the person!

lyssa027 May 10 2020, 15:56:23 UTC

I can totally see the resemblance :)

Thank you for reading, and Nana is amazing. I have so many stories about her and Papa.

changeling72 May 10 2020, 12:01:09 UTC

That's lovely. I wish my nan had lived longer.

lyssa027 May 10 2020, 15:55:18 UTC

I'm lucky. My brother and I are the oldest of all the grandchildren, and when I say oldest, I mean the oldest. Our next cousins are in their 20s, they just turned 21. They were born when I was in high school. So as much as it sucks not being able to grow up with cousins, who were like sisters and brothers and best friends like so many other people, we got to spend the most time with our grandparents, when they still led pretty active lifestyles.

meathiel May 10 2020, 12:42:19 UTC

That's nice you still get to talk to your grandmother.
From Russia to Mexico to the US ... quite an adventure!

lyssa027 May 10 2020, 15:53:22 UTC

She left Russia to escape the Nazis during World War 2. She tried getting into the US, but they claimed they had met their quota of Russian immigrants and wouldn't let her in. So the boat turned around and went to Mexico, where they were accepting Russian immigrants. She got a degree to be an OBGYN from UNAM and met my grandfather, papa when she was working as a nurse during the Korean War and he was working as a doctor during the Korean War. When they got engaged, they moved to the Bronx in NYC.

She's had such a fascinating life