... all. I used to wonder that after you have taught your children everything you know and they have their kids, what is your purpose? That's when those wrinkly people got renamed grandma or grandpa, and their former name seemed almost non-existent. When I was young I had this image of kind, loving grandparents, that never yelled and loved their grandchildren to death. The ... 's mother only recently died so I don't think they"ll being going anytime soon. They used to take my brother, my two sisters and myself to visit Great Mama (that's my grandma's mother). We saw lots of different nursing...

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... your aunt Dicie, " I said. Dicie is my sister. She named Dee. We called her "Big Dee " after Dee was born. "But who was she named after? " asked Wangero. "I guess after Grandma Dee, " I said. "And who was she named after? " asked Wangero. "Her mother, " I said, and saw Wangero was getting tired. "That's about as far back as I can trace it, " I said. Though ... . Dee covetous nature shows that she did not care about the significance of inheriting the butter churn as an iconic value. "Then she gave a sign and her hand closed over Grandma Dee's butter dish. That's it! she said. I knew there...

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... caught in, and readily expressed their desire to avoid being chained to the stove or washer, prisoners of social ideals in their own homes, "on more than one occasion I offended (Grandma) by telling her that to her face." The job my grandmother eventually got did little to elevate her daughter's perception of society's influence on women. "Even though she had a job ... role of the housewife. Now working double duty as a mother and a member of the work force, the working housewife was forced to devote her weekends to housework. "It seemed like (Grandma) never did any interesting things, ...

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... . "I don't want those. They are stitched around the borders by machine." "That"ll make them last better," I said. "That's not the point," said Wangero. "These are all pieces of dresses Grandma used to wear. She did all this stitching by hand. Imagine! She held the quilts securely in her arms, stroking them. (Walker 703)" Wangero tried to connect to her heritage ... ...

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