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Remembering Agnes Piekarski - "Grandmother"

I've been thinking a lot about Grandmother today. Technically, she wasn't my Grandmother, though she is the great grandmother of my children on their father's side of the family.

Grandmother lived on a big farm in Massachusetts just over the Connecticut border. I only saw Grandmother on Columbus Day weekend every year, and usually I was pregnant (as in this picture) or had a brand new baby, as my children are two year's apart all born in March/April. Though I spent very little time with her each year, as the years went by we became good friends, if not "real" relatives.

I am thinking about her today because one of the weekends, one of the last ones, she kept staring at me as were were doing things together and finally she blurted out,

"I don't care WHAT "they" say about you...I LIKE you!

She must have said that three or four times that weekend. It cracked me up, because she never realized that what she was saying was that others didn't like me, and had told her so. I think that's called "a half-assed compliment", but it is a compliment that has always been one of my most memorable.

There will always be those who are quick to judge and who will look for any opportunity to be offended. And then there's the Agnes Piekarski's of the world who look deep into your soul and don't feel the need to agree with those who just skim the surface.

Posted by ARDELL DellaLoggia on 01/05/2007 01:16 AM

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4 Comments on Remembering Agnes Piekarski - "Grandmother"

God Bless you for helping Agnes...

01/05/2007 07:02 AM

by Scott Daniels Florida Real Estate 2.0. Agents Earn 100% Commission. (Florida List For Less Realty, Inc. Broker/Owner. )

Thank God for half-assed compliments. Without them, many of use wouldn't receive ANY compliments!

01/05/2007 07:26 AM

by Chris Elizabeth Griffith ~ Bonita Springs Fl Real Estate (Keller Williams Elite Realty, Bonita Springs, FL)

ARDELL...

You caught my attention on "Grandmother".

I lost my Grandmother on October 31, 2006. She was the person who gave me a foundation of spiritual growth. She was my number fan. :)

In Grandmothers, related to us or not, we find unconditional love.

Just so you know the day after my Grandmother died my fifth Grandchild was came into this world. :) This child reminded me that as a Grandmother of five my job is to teach my Grandchildren not to judge a book by it's cover. I have also taught my Grandchildren about Universal Law. :)

What comes around goes around. End of story. :) Let me do that again. :)

P.S. My fifth Grandchildren was dubbed "Jordynne Raine" in honor of the future we found for ourselves in Active Rain. :)

TLW "The Lovely Wife"...Free To Be Me And Unconcerned With What Others Think About That. :) ROAR!

01/05/2007 07:38 AM

by "The Lovely Wife"...Broker Bryant's Wife... (Co-Owner Tutas Towne Realty, Inc.)

Thirty some years ago, when my current husband and I got married, his parents and sister wouldn't accept me because I was the "poisoned woman" who caused my husband to get a divorce, which was NOT the accepted things in their family. (For the record, I was NOT a homebreaker). Though it was several years before his mother would even speak to me, his grandmother (before we married) sensed that I was right for her beloved grandson, welcomed me - without talking about "them" since we all knew anyway - and gave me her diamond engagement ring that she had withheld from both his first wife and from his sisters, because she felt it should go to another strong woman (it's now on my daughter's hand). After that, she told me to take good care of him, because if I didn't, she would come back and haunt me!

01/06/2007 08:24 AM

by Sharon Simms St Pete Florida CRS CIPS CLHMS (RE/MAX Metro)

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