1564-1616.
Dramaturge,
Remembered for his plays.
The great Rembrandt.
1606-1669.
Painter.
Remembered for his art.
The great Nellie Melba.
1861-1931.
Soprano.
Remembered through her Edison recordings.
Great Grandpa.
1898-1973.
Hey Alice! Do we really need to keep this cup old what’s-his-face won in some darts competition? It's not as if he was famous or anything!
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I have my mother's Scrabble set, a few of my father's tools, one or two picture of my grandparents but no record of great-grandparents except names on the family tree! More would be good, even an old trophy would be better than nothing.
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Prompt by Magpie Tales.
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we cannot keep fame
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in someone who was loved's heart
no trophy required
only memories
very good magpie
Thoughtful post.
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Happy Thanksgiving.
Wonder who 'old what's-his-face' was? Never to mind! Happy Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this post but it was tinged with memories I have of my great grandparents (two of whom where still alive when I was a child) - if we asked about their parents etc I was rebuked with a stern "You mustn't speak ill of the dead" by that I can only summise they were old bs!
ReplyDeleteThis rings so true, Stafford. Connections seem unimportant to many people, these days.
ReplyDeleteI have a little shaving dish, my great grandfather brought back from France in 1918. I have lots of stuff that belonged to my grandparents. It doesn't add up to anything in money terms, but to me it's priceless.
Perhaps we're just a bunch of old sentimentalists? If that's true, I don't have a problem with it.
Interesting take on this week's prompt.
ReplyDeleteLoved this. I have pictures, stories and memoriesof great grandparents - great treasures.
ReplyDeleteI had old 8mm movies and converted them first to VHS tape and recently to DVD. My great-grandparents are on that DVD! My maternal grandparents too. What a treasure.
ReplyDeleteI hope you are still playing Scrabble with your mother's set. Cheers...
Excellent post Stafford. My grandmother's (on my Dads side) name was Alice. I'd say 'what's fame got to do with it'? - always good to keep some mementos and photos - that's whats good about the digital age, it need not take up much space. My father is an historian and my step-mother an archeologist, so things from the past are important in our family - though some of the things found when studying the family tree could be a bit traumatic (not in my family of course - haha).
ReplyDeleteInteresting juxtaposition here revealing the true greats in our family,.. worth cherishing.
ReplyDeleteFunny how "stuff" of little value on its own, can become precious by way of the dear hands that have held it.
ReplyDeletei find it fascinating that holding some thing from someone dear can be such a treasure. I say that on my self not on you. it is really fascinating. humans are strange.
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oy, Fireblossom has already said that, or something of the sort - I really should read the comments more carefully.
ReplyDeletebut no... - it is just me me me me me me me all along the way.
we have several quilts from my grandmother on one side, and several hand embroidered pieces from my other grandmother. the women in my family on both sides have the "handwork gene".
ReplyDeletethe most unusual item we have is a woven piece that my great great great grandmother made. she was an itinerant weaver. we have a picture of her too.
i love the connection these women have with me. and now i am teaching my daughter knitting.
What a moving take on the Mag! Sometimes I really wish I too had more memories of my great grandparents... something more than just stories to hold on to... Old is gold, after all ... be it pictures, or people or simply relics!
ReplyDeleteLove this Stafford....hope you have a wonderful week! :-)
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