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Diamond_Dog

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2. That's so inspiring, CaliforniaPeggy!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Tue Jul 4, 2023, 02:50 PM

Jul 2023

Your Grandmother sounds like a treasure!

I, too, think of family and friends who are no longer with us and wonder what they’d think of the last administration and the severe polarization of our country now.

TY for sharing her story with us!

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***July 4, 1894...My grandmother's birthday*** [View all] CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2023 OP

❤️ I love stories like this. underpants Jul 2023 #1

That's so inspiring, CaliforniaPeggy! Diamond_Dog Jul 2023 #2

My maternal grandmother was also a July 4th baby, 1899. 3catwoman3 Jul 2023 #3

Thank you for your wonderful story, my dear 3catwoman3! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2023 #4

Something in my eye . . . AndyS Jul 2023 #5

Mine too. Thank you, Andy. . . CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2023 #9

Wonderful woman and you inherited her genes! MLAA Jul 2023 #6

I sure did! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2023 #10

Did you grow up near her? MLAA Jul 2023 #13

Until I was 8 years old, I did. nt CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2023 #14

Many of my favorite memories were at my grandparents home. MLAA Jul 2023 #16

She sounds like an amazing individual wendyb-NC Jul 2023 #7

What a lovely memory and tribute to your grandmother. Lonestarblue Jul 2023 #8

A salute to CaliforniaPeggy's Grandmother.. Permanut Jul 2023 #11

Yay for you and your grandmother wryter2000 Jul 2023 #12

Her loving and heroic example lives on. Kid Berwyn Jul 2023 #15

She sounds quite Wonderful. 👍 electric_blue68 Jul 2023 #17

If you don't mind me asking what year did she pass? JanMichael Jul 2023 #18

I was trying to remember . . . I think it was 1969 or 1970. She was in her 60's. CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2023 #19