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Lynn's Comments:<\/strong> Yes, grandparents are a wonderful invention. I was lucky to have had the best parents-in-law one could ask for. Ruth and Tom Johnston were the models for the grandparents you see here. I used their photographs to get a likeness and their personalities were incorporated as well. I was so glad my kids had a rich and healthy connection to at least one set of grandparents. My folks lived on the other side of the country and were not able to see the children too often.
\r\n\r\nMy own grandparents were either distant in miles or distant in sentiment. The only recollection I have of my paternal grandfather was \u201cputting him out\u201d when he fell asleep sitting up on the couch in our living room. He would smoke home rolled cigs, and the paper would be stuck to his bottom lip while the lit end smoldered and dropped hot ashes on his shirt. I remember slight plumes of smoke rising from his chest and Grandma whacking him with a dishcloth to put out the fire! My dad\u2019s mom was a round lady with a strong domestic streak who was at home in the kitchen \u2013 but I do remember seeing photos of her in buckskins, in the snow, holding a rifle! That\u2019s another story.
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Lynn’s Comments: Yes, grandparents are a wonderful invention. I was lucky to have had the best parents-in-law one could ask for. Ruth and Tom Johnston were the models for the grandparents you see here. I used their photographs to get a likeness and their personalities were incorporated as well. I was so glad my kids […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"storylines":[],"charactersappearing":[112,23,800,801,3,2],"coolstuff":[],"striptype":[4],"item":[],"books":[673,581],"holiday":[137],"location":[505],"class_list":["post-12671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","charactersappearing-elizabeth","charactersappearing-elly","charactersappearing-grandma-carrie","charactersappearing-grandpa-william","charactersappearing-john","charactersappearing-michael","striptype-daily","books-in-the-beginning-there-was-chaos","books-is-this-one-of-those-days-daddy","holiday-christmas","location-school"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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\r\n\r\nMy own grandparents were either distant in miles or distant in sentiment. The only recollection I have of my paternal grandfather was \u201cputting him out\u201d when he fell asleep sitting up on the couch in our living room. He would smoke home rolled cigs, and the paper would be stuck to his bottom lip while the lit end smoldered and dropped hot ashes on his shirt. I remember slight plumes of smoke rising from his chest and Grandma whacking him with a dishcloth to put out the fire! My dad\u2019s mom was a round lady with a strong domestic streak who was at home in the kitchen \u2013 but I do remember seeing photos of her in buckskins, in the snow, holding a rifle! That\u2019s another story.
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