Comments | miknelson: I've been thinking!

miknelson

I've been thinking!

Oct 12, 2005 23:51

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luthiea October 13 2005, 02:12:01 UTC

I love my nana to bits, I really miss her now I'm over here. She tells me really interesting stories about WWII and growing up in London :)

miknelson October 13 2005, 09:20:52 UTC

Yeah. I miss all of my grandparents, I usually forget to ring them and talk to them, cos honestly...what have I got to say to them?

I've just realised that although I know a lot about them and their life since I was born, I know precious little before then.

luthiea October 13 2005, 23:29:37 UTC

Do they live far away? Otherwise you could pop in and visit now and again. I love visiting my nana's - she makes the BEST soup in the world and she's always on my side when I have arguments with mum ;)

miknelson October 16 2005, 09:46:38 UTC

Back home near my mam.

Longer than I'm willing to travel on public transport. No doubt I'd be there all the time if I had a car...but I dont.

Grandparents escapetony October 13 2005, 02:29:21 UTC

Hello, mik. Joe/Túrin here. Hope you don't mind me jumping into your lj uninvited.

I completely relate to your feelings about your grandparents, and I think it very mature of you to recognize just what they mean or should mean to us. My mom's mom is still alive, and my dad's mom was until I was 19. I agree, that generation definitely had a much more stoic attitude than ours does. My mom's mom is 82, and is like a second mother to me. We've had conversations, but there is still so much to learn.

Yet, when I speak to her, I get the impression that she made her peace a long time ago with whatever adversity she had in her life (which from what my mom says was alot), and now feels no need to talk about it. And maybe that's an attitude we all should ultimately aspire to.

Re: Grandparents escapetony October 13 2005, 09:15:28 UTC

Joe. Course I dont mind. If I knew that you had an LJ, I'dve added you a long time ago.

A mature attitude? Me? Naaah!

I know what you mean though about that generation being so tight-lipped. However, I remember getting my gran talking about pre-war times before for a school project and its amazing how free-flowing she became.

I wonder if its sad for them to talk about it. I know that even at 22, I still get nostalgic talking about by past...imagine if you had such a long past that you'd never recapture.

We really need to know so much more about these people.

Re: Grandparents escapetony October 13 2005, 12:49:24 UTC

Cool. As of today my lj has a total of three posts, and two were from many months ago. So it's not like you've missed much!
I'm rather terrible of keeping at these things.

I think some of us tend towards nostalgia and others don't. I'm definitely in the former camp, but I bet a lot of old people aren't. On the other hand, as people around you die off, I think it forces most to be reflective. But a lot of people don't like that.

Re: Grandparents escapetony October 13 2005, 12:51:18 UTC

Oh, that was me. You see, I'm not good at this. ;)

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drakedon October 15 2005, 17:26:47 UTC

My father's father died before I was born. He was a navy guy, fought in WWII. That's all I know. Died when my dad when just into his 20's ( ... )

miknelson October 16 2005, 09:48:23 UTC

Nah mate, thats interesting stuff. Theres probably people still around that remember your grandparents really well, you should try and find out. Like that BBC programme with celebrities tracing their family trees.