It's hard for me to think of my gramma as a young woman. These pictures show her as a woman just starting on life's journey, before she became a wife and mother. Before things got hard and she had to make difficult decision's. Eventually she was left alone to raise her three children, my mother being the oldest. I don't know very much about this woman. Her name was Helen.I called her Little, and I loved her more than I can express. She taught me so much and was a huge influence on me. Little was the one that taught me to sew and bake. We had tea parties and played dress up. She was always" Mrs. Magilicutty". She would let us wear her dresses and beads and had big purses to keep our extra beads and gloves in. When we baked cookies it was always messy but I can't remember her getting mad about it. She liked oatmeal cookies, I liked chocolate chip.
Little taught me to crochet when I was in first grade. I remember she gave me pink yarn and a G hook. I had to make a chain of single crochet. I worked on that chain for days. She would check it and pull out the mistakes, and eventually I became pretty good at it. One morning I woke up and the pink chain had turned into a pink rug for Barbie. I was thrilled!
Little got us ready for school and packed our lunches. Sometimes she put my sandwich in a bread wrapper instead of wax paper. I was so embarrassed when she did that. I would open my sandwich in my lunch box so no one would see. She always packed us a snack, usually Hostess cupcakes, my favorite.
Sometimes she would let me sleep in her bed. I loved it!. She would rub my" piggies" until I feel asleep. She did this my whole life, even after I was married. She was the one who took care of me when I had a migrain. She would rub my head for hours.
My gramma's birthday is in March so I will be posting stories about her all month. I want to make a scrapbook about her also. I have so many good memories of her I want to share with my granddaughters. I have them call me Oma in her honor. I want to be the kind of gramma she was and live up to her example.
