MY MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER HELPED RAISE ME UNTIL I WAS 8 YEARS OLD,SHE KNEW HOW TO SEW, CROCHET ,GROW A VEGETABLE AND FRUIT GARDEN,COOK AND BAKE FROM SCRATCH,SHE HAD 3 COWS,A WAGON AND WORKED 3 PEPPERMINT LEAVE TEA ACRES,SHE WAS MY GODMOTHER AND I LOVED HER SO VERY MUCH,SHE WAS THE RULER OF THE HOUSE,TO ME HER WORD WAS LIKE GOLD,SHE HAD AUBURN HAIR AND GREEN/BROWN EYES,I WILL NOT LIE TO SAY SHE HAD A TEMPER BUT SHE WAS MY GRANDMA AND PROUD TO SAY SO.WHEN I FOUND OUT SHE DIED THROUGH MY UNCLE IT WAS VERY HARD ON ME,A PART OF ME WENT WITH HER,SHE WANTED TO MEET HER GREAT GRANDSON TRISTAN UNFORTUNATELY IT NEVER CAME TO BE,HOWEVER I'D LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT SHE IS HOLDING HER SECOND GREAT GRANDSON TRAVIS IN HEAVEN.MY MOM TOLD ME A STORY THAT I THOUGHT WAS FUNNY,BEFORE I WAS BORN ON 6-30-1968,MY GRANDMA WAS WORKING ON ONE OF HER FIELDS,MY MOM AND DAD WAS HELPING HER,AROUND DINNERTIME MY DAD TOLD MY GRANDMA HE'D DRIVE THE WAGON WITH THE COWS HOME,MY GRANDMA TOLD HIM HE'D HAVE TO BE FIRM WITH THE COWS WHEN THEY GET ON THE STREET LEADING TO THE HOUSE,MY DAD NEVER DEALT WITH COWS BEFORE SO HE THOUGHT IT WAS EASY AND TOLD MY GRANDMA HE CAN HANDLE IT,WELL,IT ALL WENT FINE UNTIL THE COWS GOT ON THE STREET LEADING TO THE HOUSE,THEY WHERE HOT,TIRED AND HUNGRY,THEY KNEW GRANDMA WASN'T ON THE WAGON,THEY STARTED TO RUN FULL SPEED,MY DAD TRIED TO CONTROL THEM,NO WAY DID THE COWS LISTEN TO HIM,I WISHED I KNEW WHAT THEY THOUGHT AT THAT MOMENT,THE COWS RAN,THE WAGON WANTED TO FLIP SIDEWAYS AND MY DAD FELL OF WHILE HE STOOD UP TO CONTROL THE COWS,THE COWS GOT HOME STANDING THERE TO BE UNHARNESSED FROM THE WAGON LOOKING INNOCENT AS COWS CAN WITH THEIR BIG BROWN EYES,MY GRANDMA CAME HOME WITH MY MOM AND SHE ASKED MY DAD WHAT HAPPENED,HE TOLD HER AND ALL SHE COULD SAY WAS,DIDN'T I TELL YOU TO BE FIRM WITH THE COWS,THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD SAY BUT LOOK DEFEATED,NOW YOU JUST HAVE TO IMAGINE THAT TO FIND THE HUMOR,THE COWS WERE NOT STUPID THEY KNEW THAT IT WAS SOMEONE ELSE TRYING TO CONTROL THEM AND THEY WOULDN'T HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT,NOW WHEN GRANDMA WAS IN CHARGE THOSE COWS BEHAVED LIKE LITTLE ANGELS,THEY WOULDN'T DARE DO THAT NONSENSE WITH HER,COWS CAN'T BE TO STUPID NOW CAN THEY?I WANT TO GIVE A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO MARIO FOR SPONSORING MY GRANDMA'S SITE,THANK YOU MY FRIEND.
MY MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER HELPED RAISE ME UNTIL I WAS 8 YEARS OLD,SHE KNEW HOW TO SEW, CROCHET ,GROW A VEGETABLE AND FRUIT GARDEN,COOK AND BAKE FROM SCRATCH,SHE HAD 3 COWS,A WAGON AND WORKED 3 PEPPERMINT LEAVE TEA ACRES,SHE WAS MY GODMOTHER AND I LOVED HER SO VERY MUCH,SHE WAS THE RULER OF THE HOUSE,TO ME HER WORD WAS LIKE GOLD,SHE HAD AUBURN HAIR AND GREEN/BROWN EYES,I WILL NOT LIE TO SAY SHE HAD A TEMPER BUT SHE WAS MY GRANDMA AND PROUD TO SAY SO.WHEN I FOUND OUT SHE DIED THROUGH MY UNCLE IT WAS VERY HARD ON ME,A PART OF ME WENT WITH HER,SHE WANTED TO MEET HER GREAT GRANDSON TRISTAN UNFORTUNATELY IT NEVER CAME TO BE,HOWEVER I'D LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT SHE IS HOLDING HER SECOND GREAT GRANDSON TRAVIS IN HEAVEN.MY MOM TOLD ME A STORY THAT I THOUGHT WAS FUNNY,BEFORE I WAS BORN ON 6-30-1968,MY GRANDMA WAS WORKING ON ONE OF HER FIELDS,MY MOM AND DAD WAS HELPING HER,AROUND DINNERTIME MY DAD TOLD MY GRANDMA HE'D DRIVE THE WAGON WITH THE COWS HOME,MY GRANDMA TOLD HIM HE'D HAVE TO BE FIRM WITH THE COWS WHEN THEY GET ON THE STREET LEADING TO THE HOUSE,MY DAD NEVER DEALT WITH COWS BEFORE SO HE THOUGHT IT WAS EASY AND TOLD MY GRANDMA HE CAN HANDLE IT,WELL,IT ALL WENT FINE UNTIL THE COWS GOT ON THE STREET LEADING TO THE HOUSE,THEY WHERE HOT,TIRED AND HUNGRY,THEY KNEW GRANDMA WASN'T ON THE WAGON,THEY STARTED TO RUN FULL SPEED,MY DAD TRIED TO CONTROL THEM,NO WAY DID THE COWS LISTEN TO HIM,I WISHED I KNEW WHAT THEY THOUGHT AT THAT MOMENT,THE COWS RAN,THE WAGON WANTED TO FLIP SIDEWAYS AND MY DAD FELL OF WHILE HE STOOD UP TO CONTROL THE COWS,THE COWS GOT HOME STANDING THERE TO BE UNHARNESSED FROM THE WAGON LOOKING INNOCENT AS COWS CAN WITH THEIR BIG BROWN EYES,MY GRANDMA CAME HOME WITH MY MOM AND SHE ASKED MY DAD WHAT HAPPENED,HE TOLD HER AND ALL SHE COULD SAY WAS,DIDN'T I TELL YOU TO BE FIRM WITH THE COWS,THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD SAY BUT LOOK DEFEATED,NOW YOU JUST HAVE TO IMAGINE THAT TO FIND THE HUMOR,THE COWS WERE NOT STUPID THEY KNEW THAT IT WAS SOMEONE ELSE TRYING TO CONTROL THEM AND THEY WOULDN'T HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT,NOW WHEN GRANDMA WAS IN CHARGE THOSE COWS BEHAVED LIKE LITTLE ANGELS,THEY WOULDN'T DARE DO THAT NONSENSE WITH HER,COWS CAN'T BE TO STUPID NOW CAN THEY?I WANT TO GIVE A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO MARIO FOR SPONSORING MY GRANDMA'S SITE,THANK YOU MY FRIEND.
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