What my Grandmother Told
Me
Essay by: Joanne Ranucci,
Married, 5 Children, 8 Grandchildren, 1997
Contact Joanne: Lilac32@aol.com
"Garden Path" Oil on Canvas
30" x40"
First, I would say to my grandchildren,
"I wish I was there with you, because I would love to see the new
advancements on earth and in space." In our lifetime, we saw some things
our great - grandparents and grandparents did not see. For instance, TV,
computers, fax machines, cars, airplanes, telephones, radios, washing machines,
refrigerators, etc., etc. I'd tell them about a five-cent subway
ride and a one cent stick of gum, movies at 25 cents and . . . you spent
the whole day there . . . with two movies and lots of action serials. I
know they'd find that hard to believe; how we played outdoors with games
like kick-the-can, stoop-ball, jacks, Johnny-on-the-pony, etc., etc. We
did not have TV. But most of all, I would tell them, "Keep your aspirations
high; have goals; do not be like a ship on an uncharted course. I'd tell
them to save and invest. I'd tell them how special they are and how
much I love them. I'd spend as much time as I could with them. Talking,
laughing, reading, baking cupcakes and hugging. Then, they will do the
same to their children and the good example will just keep passing on from
generation to generation. I would tell them what my grandmother told me
and I never forgot,
"Don't put off till tomorrow
what you can do today."
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