I was shocked to see a photograph of my mother’s mother in the newspaper. Mamaw died at age 89 about 39 years ago . Why would her likeness be published in a paper 450 miles away? John had already seen the picture and remarked on it. Brother Bob agreed that it looked much like her.
Look at these photos to see my real maternal grandmother in her early 80s.
Do you agree she looks a lot like Sadie Berry below? Sadie still works five days a week in Swannanoa, a town out from Asheville. She turned 100 years old the day after Labor Day.
Sadie is roughly 18 years older than Mamaw, as pictured. People really do age well these days, don’t they?
I love to see pictures of family members like this. Its amazing how many comparisons come to light. Sadie looks great and they do look alike 😊💗
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I’m glad you can see the resemblance.
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There’s a definite resemblance there Anne. Yours are lovely pictures of Mamaw with the girls.
xxx Happy Memory Hugs xxx
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I really loved her. She had her mental acuity until the day she died.
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It is amazing and the likeness is too!
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Such a memories immortalized in those pictures❤️
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My little girls in the photos are now middle-aged women. Well, they might not agree — it is open to interpretation.
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I am totally with them on this……..I still had difficult to be regarded as a middle age woman myself🙄
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You would like John’s mother’s statement. He had made a flippant comment about old age being a terrible thing. She said, “I wouldn’t know about that.”
At the time she was almost 90 years old. He said, “Mom, what stage of life are you in?”
She said, “Advanced middle age.”
We laugh every time we tell it. She lived to be 93.
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Amazing,I love her already😍
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Such history!
I document everything for my kids, photographs are dated too. Tedious but necessary for when I do not remember at some stage in the future!
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Dated photos are the best! I often wonder if my children will look at them after I am gone. I try to keep them up to date and quite accessible. Do you have a good system that works for you?
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My library is the refuge. I email collages to the kids gmail accounts. Have them on Dropbox as well…PS, I’m sure they will cherish the history as mine do.
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That’s lovely that your children enjoy the pictures now. Neither of my grandsons, wonderful as they can be, ever express interest in what I write or the pictures I take. You’ve got the right touch.
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well yes!! uncanny! Sweet pictures!
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Mamaw didn’t see her great granddaughters very much, but she sure squeezed them when she could! There was a wealth of lovin’ in her heart.
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Wow
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She looked amazing! Yes we do age much better these days!
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They look so much the same.
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I’ve heard it said that everyone has a look a like somewhere.
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This was my grandmother’s double! Barbara B saw daughter Lise on the beach one day and went up to speak to her. It wasn’t Lise, so Barbara had found her look-alike.
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They say everyone has a doppelganger! I never met my great grandmother; she died before I was born, but my grandmother’s face was as smooth as the proverbial baby’s bottom. She attributed it to Noxema cold cream every night before bed for decades.
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Aw, your mamaw looks so sweet! And she does look a LOT like Sadie! Lovely keepsakes, Anne!
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Mamaw loved us and let us know it. Our other grandmother did, too. I feel sorry for people who didn’t have a chance to know their grandparents. Three of John’s grandparents died before he was born. Did you know yours?
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My maternal grandparents, yes. We weren’t all that close though. Mainly around holidays. Oh many Sundays too. But there was a language barrier. They spoke mostly Yiddish which I didn’t know. They had a smattering of English. My dad’s parents died before I was born.
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Golly! I never thought of a language barrier with grandparents! John’s grandmother spoke Norwegian, but she always communicated in English with him.
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Huh. One of my favourite authors is Norwegian: Karin Fossum. I’ve read all her (thoughtful, clever) whodunnits that were translated into English.
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Nice! I should see if daughter Lise has read her books.
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