Live Free Learn Free Blog » Remembering <title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/wp-content/themes/thirteen/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS 2.0" href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/feed/" /> <link rel="alternate" type="text/xml" title="RSS .92" href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/feed/rss/" /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Atom 0.3" href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/feed/atom/" /> <link rel="pingback" href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/xmlrpc.php" /> <style type="text/css"> </style> <link rel='archives' title='August 2007' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2007/08/' /> <link rel='archives' title='July 2007' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2007/07/' /> <link rel='archives' title='June 2007' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2007/06/' /> <link rel='archives' title='April 2007' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2007/04/' /> <link rel='archives' title='March 2007' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2007/03/' /> <link rel='archives' title='January 2007' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2007/01/' /> <link rel='archives' title='December 2006' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/12/' /> <link rel='archives' title='November 2006' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/11/' /> <link rel='archives' title='October 2006' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/10/' /> <link rel='archives' title='September 2006' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/09/' /> <link rel='archives' title='August 2006' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/08/' /> <link rel='archives' title='July 2006' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/07/' /> <link rel='archives' title='June 2006' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/06/' /> <link rel='archives' title='May 2006' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/05/' /> <link rel='archives' title='April 2006' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/04/' /> <link rel='archives' title='March 2006' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/03/' /> <link rel='archives' title='February 2006' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/02/' /> <link rel='archives' title='January 2006' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/01/' /> <link rel='archives' title='December 2005' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2005/12/' /> <link rel='archives' title='November 2005' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2005/11/' /> <link rel='archives' title='October 2005' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2005/10/' /> <link rel='archives' title='September 2005' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2005/09/' /> <link rel='archives' title='August 2005' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2005/08/' /> <link rel='archives' title='July 2005' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2005/07/' /> <link rel='archives' title='June 2005' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2005/06/' /> <link rel='archives' title='May 2005' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2005/05/' /> <link rel='archives' title='April 2005' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2005/04/' /> <link rel='archives' title='March 2005' href='http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2005/03/' /> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" title="RSD" href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/xmlrpc.php?rsd" /> </head> <body> <div id="headwrapper"> <div id="header"> <h1 id="title"><a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog">Live Free Learn Free Blog</a></h1> </div> </div> <div id="wrapper"> <div id="content"> <div class="post" id="post-133"> <h2 class="posttitle"><a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/2006/05/22/remembering/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to Remembering">Remembering</a></h2> <p class="postdate"> May 22nd, 2006 at 1:05 am (<a href="http://www.livefreelearnfree.com/blog/category/musings/" title="View all posts in Musings" rel="category tag">Musings</a>) </p> <div class="postentry"> <p>My mother returned to Tyler this weekend to help my grandmother pack up her home and move back to Pennsylvania (she’s a snowbird from the north, spending the colder months in East Texas near where she grew up, and the warmer ones in Wellsboro, PA, the town to which she followed my grandfather). She’s doing much better.</p> <p>My mother came back with canned food from my grandmother’s pantries, as well as photographs of my great grandmother’s old house and a seventy-year-old watch that once belonged to her.</p> <p>We always drive by Grandma Chapman’s house when we visit my grandmother or my great aunts and uncles in Tyler, but there are usually people milling about out on the porch, so we never get a good, long look. It’s usually the most exhilarating - and, ultimately, depressing - part of the trip. Why? The house is full of both <a href="http://livefreelearnfree.typepad.com/editor/2005/03/driving_by_gran.html">dreams and problems</a><a href="http://livefreelearnfree.typepad.com/editor/2005/03/driving_by_gran.html">….</a></p> <p><a href="http://livefreelearnfree.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/jo_jo_1.jpg"><img width="200" height="250" border="0" alt="Jo_jo_1" src="http://livefreelearnfree.typepad.com/editor/images/jo_jo_1.jpg" /></a></p> <p>My grandmother, Annie Jo (Chapman) Howey Thomas</p> <p><a href="http://livefreelearnfree.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/grandmachapmansroad.jpg"><img width="200" height="150" border="0" alt="Grandmachapmansroad" src="http://livefreelearnfree.typepad.com/editor/images/grandmachapmansroad.jpg" /></a></p> <p>The road leading up to Grandma Chapman’s house</p> <p><a href="http://livefreelearnfree.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/grandmachapmanshouse1.jpg"><img width="200" height="150" border="0" alt="Grandmachapmanshouse1" src="http://livefreelearnfree.typepad.com/editor/images/grandmachapmanshouse1.jpg" /></a></p> <p>And the house, itself</p> <p><a href="http://livefreelearnfree.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/grandmachapmanshouse2.jpg"><img width="200" height="150" border="0" alt="Grandmachapmanshouse2" src="http://livefreelearnfree.typepad.com/editor/images/grandmachapmanshouse2.jpg" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://livefreelearnfree.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/grandmachapmanshouse3.jpg"><img width="200" height="150" border="0" alt="Grandmachapmanshouse3" src="http://livefreelearnfree.typepad.com/editor/images/grandmachapmanshouse3.jpg" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://livefreelearnfree.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/grandmachapmansshed.jpg"><img width="200" height="150" border="0" alt="Grandmachapmansshed" src="http://livefreelearnfree.typepad.com/editor/images/grandmachapmansshed.jpg" /></a></p> <p>The barn</p> <p>It was difficult to look at the photos, I’ll admit. And holding my great grandmother’s watch in my hands was… I don’t know - surreal and sweet? I’ll search out a watch repair shop tomorrow to get it fixed and cleaned. Then, as much as I’d like to wear it, I’ll probably just keep it in its case…. I’m allergic to metal, so I’m not sure that there’s any way I can wear it without breaking out in a rash. Paint the entire back with clear nail polish? Or is there some sort of sealant I can apply to it? 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