Memories

I came across a picture of my grandmother and grandfather.  My grandparents had 12 children and my mother is 2nd to the youngest.  My grandfather passed away when my mother was 12 years old so I never got to meet him.  I lost my grandmother in 1979 and she was from Poland and she would talk to my mother in polish when we would go to visit when she didn't want us kids to know what they were saying.  When I was little I would go spend the night at her house and we would go to church on Sunday.  The service was done in Latin which of course I did not understand but I remember she would have me kneel and say my prayers.  I used to help my grandmother clean doctor offices and one time her car wouldn't start after cleaning.  It was in the winter time so I walked several blocks to my house and my dad went back to help my grandmother get her car started.  When I was in High school she went to the Detroit area where several of my aunts and uncles lived.  She went to live with one of my Aunt's that did not have any children.

My grandfather built the house for my grandmother and it had a "sun porch" and a "parlor"

My grandmother and grandfather did not have a lot of money but they had several properties.  They had an old school house and owned the house next door to them and also my grandmother had a restaurant.  I remember the restaurant and the dishes she had

This teapot and creamers are from my grandmothers restaurant.

Here is my grandmothers house several years after my grandmother moved downstate of Michigan and several years after she passed away.  There were 2 bedrooms upstairs and one downstairs and I remember she did not have a bathroom till several years after I was born.  I remember using the outhouse!!!

And this is a picture of the small cabin that was on my grandmothers property.  My mother and father lived in it after they got married and remember my mother trying to potty train me.  She told me I was 18 months old when she was potty training me.  The cabin was probably only about 500 square feet with only one bedroom.

Also here is a picture of the outhouse, it is hard to see with all the over growth of no one living on the property for over 15 years.  The property was left to my uncle he was the youngest.  After a few years my uncle let his one of his daughter's move in and she did a complete renovation and they tore down the cabin.  I really wish I had pictures of the house since she and her husband did a fantastic job renovating my grandmas house.

Here are the pillow cases she made, they are not my colors but I saved them any way and I still have them.  I get them out to look at them and look at the work my grandmother had put into them.  I also have some things she crocheted but they were also colors (orange, yellow and brown) that I do not use in my home but I lovingly look at them wishing I could talk to her and hear her call me with her wraspy voice "Susie put on your babushka!!"
 Wish I would have spent more time with my babcia to learn about her childhood and to learn about my mom and aunts and uncles when they were young!!!!
Thanks for visiting and listening to me reminisce!!!!


 Do widzenia, do zobaczenia 
 (Bye see you later)

Suzann ~xoxo~