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[quote=Anonymous]I had two pretty different sets of grandparents growing up.  One was very loving, played with us, spoiled us a bit and pretty involved.  The other were more stern, much older, and overall pretty cranky.  As a child I clearly preferred the fun grandparents.  I remember complaining about my stern grandmother and my mom would always answer "when you are 90 years old you can say/do whatever you want to".  That was a good lesson for me. My stern grandmother had a much more difficult life than my charmed middle class suburban 80s childhood.  I started to realize that once I hit middle school, that whoa, grandma lived THROUGH some stuff.  She lived through two world wars, the depression, she survived the European flu epidemic, had every illness you can imagine (scarlet fever, measles, rubella, cancer) and yet, she built a wonderful life for herself in a foreign country.  She might not have gotten down on the floor and played Candyland with me, but she has absolutely had an incredible influence on my life and I'm very proud to have her as my grandmother.[/quote]

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