Comments on: My Grandparents http://blog.jeffharbert.com/index.php/2010/01/my-grandparents/ computers.books.cars.woodworking.food.philanthropy.sustainability.privacy Tue, 18 May 2010 03:42:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jeff Harbert http://blog.jeffharbert.com/index.php/2010/01/my-grandparents/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Jeff Harbert Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:17:07 +0000 http://blog.jeffharbert.com/index.php/2010/01/my-grandparents/#comment-54 Thanks, Chuck. I'm glad your boys still have their grandparents. The timing just wasn't right for me - my dad was the youngest of eight kids, my mom in the middle of six, and I was born nine years after my middle brother. My grandparents were already pretty old by the time I showed up.<br><br>Yep, I have roots there. My dad grew up in Lamar and my mom grew up in Springfield. My dad's family spread out to Texas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, while my mom's family all moved to California over time. Thanks, Chuck. I'm glad your boys still have their grandparents. The timing just wasn't right for me – my dad was the youngest of eight kids, my mom in the middle of six, and I was born nine years after my middle brother. My grandparents were already pretty old by the time I showed up.

Yep, I have roots there. My dad grew up in Lamar and my mom grew up in Springfield. My dad's family spread out to Texas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, while my mom's family all moved to California over time.

]]> By: chuck goolsbee http://blog.jeffharbert.com/index.php/2010/01/my-grandparents/comment-page-1/#comment-53 chuck goolsbee Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:15:48 +0000 http://blog.jeffharbert.com/index.php/2010/01/my-grandparents/#comment-53 Well done. I barely knew my maternal grandfather, as he lived many states away, and died when I was about nine years old. My paternal grandfather I was able to know a bit more, but he died when I was thirteen. I tell my sons how lucky they are to be able to get to know their grandparents. By the time I was my oldest son's age all mine were gone. <br><br>Funny you mention Lamar. I can recall driving through it (on US 287) a few times in the late 70s, driving from Texas to Montana. I had no idea you had roots there. Well done. I barely knew my maternal grandfather, as he lived many states away, and died when I was about nine years old. My paternal grandfather I was able to know a bit more, but he died when I was thirteen. I tell my sons how lucky they are to be able to get to know their grandparents. By the time I was my oldest son's age all mine were gone.

Funny you mention Lamar. I can recall driving through it (on US 287) a few times in the late 70s, driving from Texas to Montana. I had no idea you had roots there.

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