I write to tell my grandchildren where they come from, and what their grandparents were up to, and I hope they will in their own way continue. I invite anyone else to listen in.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I do a lot of writing about my family.
I began to write, believing that all I had to do to change things would be to write the other side, to tell the stories that I heard from my grandmother.
I've been writing an ongoing letter to my children since they were born, full of recollections of their childhoods. I've filled two journals. It's a great thing to do as a mother - you forget a lot as you go along, but reading over what you've written brings all the memories back.
I'm one of these children who grew up at the knee of my grandmother and her elder sister, listening to very old people talk about their memories.
I write about families. That is who we are.
I tell my kids and my grandkids, 'Never forget where you came from. Never forget your roots.' My grandkids, they didn't go through the hard times as much as other ones in our family did. One thing is to just never forget where you came from and you never forget that nothing is more important than your relationship with Jesus Christ.
I talk to my kids about my mother's energy and how she would have loved them. I talk about how kind and polite my father was. So that they have some kind of remembrance that even though my parents died from their addictions and so that they know they were genuine in how they were.
Grandparents who want to be truly helpful will do well to keep their mouths shut and their opinions to themselves until these are requested.
I do not really write for children: I write only for me and for the few people I hope to please, and I write for the story.
I go to my grandchildren. They keep their grandpa informed on what's going on.