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Life’s milestones

August 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Musings

“Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved.  The real milestones are less prepossessing.  They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave.  Our lives are measured by these.”  Susan B. Anthony

Yesterday while pushing my mower around the backyard, the smell brought back memories of a grandmother – my father’s mother – whose backyard I used to mow on occasion with a hand push mower.  It was a city lot, no fancy grass seed, just green stuff that had to be mowed down so we could sit out there and ride trikes and throw a ball about.  I realized that in my lifetime, I have known 5 generations of my family.   There was a time when I was a young girl that I played with that grandmother – who had dementia and lived in a senior home – with dolls.  As I watch my mother slip into the grips of Alzheimer’s and talk to my grandbaby on the phone, I feel  that I have had many important moments in my life and am grateful for them.   I hope that the next time I play dolls with my granddaughter that it provides her with memories that she’ll enjoy one day when she’s a gramma….

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  • SerahRose

    I have no doubt she will remember them with love and gratitude. It was one of my greatest wishes as a mother to give my child the gift of grandparents. With your commitment to seeing her every month, so the gift has come and continues to grow. And with it comes my dreams of playing dolls with my own grandchildren.

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