After my parents passed away - in 2000 and 2003 - I felt I could take the time to think about the past and imagine what it would have been like to be my grandmother.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My mother would have been so crazy about my grandchildren. She was a fabulous grandmother, and she would have been absolutely crazed as a great-grandmother. I miss that part of her.
I think when I became a grandmother my life changed a lot, and I think I changed personally.
We all have those dreams of going back in time and seeing what it was like when our parents were younger.
Becoming a grandmother brought me back to the things I forgot to love. Nature. Playing. Seeing animals. A new way of looking. A rejuvenation. A cycle of life - things come back to you. The details.
It seemed like most of the memories faded before they had time to form. And after a while, my life with my father seemed like a familiar story or a distant dream.
When I was growing up, my mother would take me to plays and museums, and we'd talk about life. Those times helped shape who I became.
My father died when I was still in college, and it was sudden, and he was my beloved parent, and you just can't imagine what you life is going to be like.
I was kind of a misfit, and when my mother died, I had to become an adult, something that I never thought I would ever be.
When my mother passed away I was 20.
When I was little, I knew that I was not adopted, but I actually imagined and hoped that I was - and that my real parents were going to come get me.
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