GRAND Memories BRITTANY LEIGH DAVIS
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he hardest thing I have had to do growing up is watching my grandparents age. It isn’t fun having to watch them grow older and start having health issues; It really does break your heart. Please spend as much time with your grandparents while they’re able to spend time with you. Do not wait until they get too old and tired to tell them how much you really love them. I am so blessed and thankful that I have had two wonderful sets of grandparents who were always there for me and always wanted to spend time with me. My mother’s side of the family lived a little further away than my dad’s side, but we still found time to spend together and do things with each other. I cherish memories made with MawMaw and PawPaw (mom’s side) and Nana and BooBoo (father’s side) One of my favorite memories was going to Tannehill Historical State Park for Halloween with my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and
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cousins on my mom’s side. We would all go together in my grandparent’s motor home and spend a few days there and do some trick-or-treating. We all had a blast dressing up in our Halloween costumes and running from RV to RV getting treats. When I was a teenager, I would help my MawMaw with her craft shows. She used to make shirts and sell them in her booth at different craft shows around the southeast part of the United States. I would travel with her during the summer months and help her set up and work the cash register for her. The biggest thing I remember about those times was my MawMaw always wanted something good to eat. She never worried about the price, just as long as it tasted good and the fries were hot! One of my favorite and most funny memories I have so far with my MawMaw is that at every holiday celebration, there is a dish she named Vivian Salad. Although my mom and some of my aunts have tasted it, but my dad is the only one who eats it. There is always only one scoop missing from this mysterious salad that is served every year in a glass bowl and shakes like jello. It’s pink and looks like diced green bell peppers may be in it. We all ask what’s in it and how she makes it but it remains a mystery. Who is Vivian and why do you still make this? The biggest thing I remember
about PawPaw was he used to be so sick. He was always at Tannehill with us when we were young, but in my teenage years, I remember going to the hospital to see him. In his later years, MawMaw stayed home and cared for him until he passed. MawMaw is a strong woman and loved PawPaw very much; she would have done anything for him. PawPaw never said too much but he was always so loving and kind to everyone and everyone loved PawPaw. I wish I had more memories with him, but time goes by too fast. Nana and BooBoo, my grandparents on my dad’s side, only lived about ten minutes from us, so we got to see them every day and spend more time with them. Nana thought I could do no wrong and would tell me how bad my dad was growing up, so he better not get on to us for being bad. She would say there was nothing we could do that was nearly as bad as what my dad and my uncles did growing up. Nana and BooBoo catered to our every need. We never wanted for anything. All we had to do was ask Nana and we received it! Nana was an angel on Earth. She loved everyone with all her heart, and everyone loved her back. My best memories with Nana are going to her house on Tuesdays (sale days at the Stockyard where BooBoo worked). Nana would let me help her make BooBoo’s favorite cookies so he would have some when he got home. We would make cookies in the morning then go to Burger King to get lunch. Another
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