since posting open letter grandma another grandma last week part souls project organized magpie girl some blog readers twitter followers have shared memories their grandparents each beautiful moving expressing small very telling glimpses these large personalities first were written tweets which they're short sweet i've always been fascinated memory older grandmothers more interested become memories them well their memories past some memories shared best encapsulated taste smell miniature marshmallows waffle cookies family pasta sauce recipe lingering pipe tobacco others wrapped particular experience wash feeling long trip whatever form your remembrances take whether they're larger than life miniscule broad scope things important that remember when bring mind what know about someone taking what conceptual abstract making real again heather after pre-k visit torture shots great grandma gave miniature marshmallows make feel better also sneak into grandma grandpa's camper which forbidden awesome marsha restless long trip yosemite grandmother made game played with hours learned love barb g-ma gave grandma cookies waffle kind that come fake strawberry choc nancy filipino g-parents inhale when they give kiss hard describe demonstrating they their face your cheek they kiss they inhale emphasis inhale miia calls lola kiss lola grandma tagalog quite special woman whole family moved with when sister brother months lived with until freshman high school-taking care cooking helping with homework parent just grandma look back realize were lucky have lives didn't matter what doing always story tell something would reminder person event past would start when little girl tell about some days would think again most days thought most magical woman knew fondly remember tatay grandpa smelling pipe tobacco coffee-chocolate candy aqua velva always wore tweed jacket dress pants button-down shirt short long sleeves depending weather tweed other g-ma nanay beauty queen very regal imposing used afraid until smiled becky sister were just together which usually about annual event since live england northern florida year mother hospital jacksonville made quick trip started reminiscing about gramma mother's mother both miss greatly biggest memories were usually cold beer hand carefully wrapped paper towel she'd make each cake requested birthdays younger brother once baby blue somehow imparted that pixies fairies truly exist turns sister have slightly different ideas about knew this they were lovely stories heart great sense creativity generosity curiosity many friends pretty perfect grandmother both sister really rather different characters think that says denine favorite memories with nanny sitting kitchen elbow hearing story family's pasta sauce alone with there with special ingredients tools hearing changes recipe absorbed throughout different generations made feel like charged with keeping vital secrets getting stir taste sauce amazing company stories were best parts that sneaking meatball plate before plopped them into sauce that same thing with little lulu each time make sauce excitement face hear recite bits pieces stories from memory feel have nanny back with again 