Pictured here: My Grandma Betty and my daughter Courtnee
A story worth sharing........
So most of you know that the
little girl on our tag is my mom at age three, in my Grandpa Harold's field.
Last summer many of my aunts, uncles and cousins were standing in my grandma's
kitchen and one of my uncles asked...."Mom, what is the story behind this
picture"
We all listened intently as my
grandma told this story........
"Your dad thought I needed a
camera, so for our first wedding anniversary he comes home with this camera. I
was so upset with him, we didn't have the money for food, let alone that
camera. He told me I needed to capture memories.....so I did. After I started
taking pictures I just couldn't stop....which in the 50s was just unheard of.
On that paticular day Pet (my
mom) was running around in her dress, like she always did, because she wore
dresses everyday. What she NEVER did was go into the field, and especially in a
dress because she was so paticular. I saw her in the field with dad, and I went
in and grabbed my camera and snapped that picture. She was three years
old."
That story, that memory, that day
is such a treasure to me. My only regret is that I didn't get it on video. My
grandma remembered that day....like it was yesterday. What my grandma was doing
back then was unheard of...she was a "pioneer scrapbooker" each child in our
family has their own organized, and dated photo album on the shelf at Grandma
Betty's house. There's not a visit at her house that those books don't come
out.
We used to laugh and so "enough
Grandma with the pictures" and now we're saying "thank you Grandma for the
memories"
I adore my Grandma Betty and
she's a important part of my life and who I am today.....and much of my never
ending motivation to succeed with my Hoosier Candle Company venture.
