I remembered something funny on my drive home yesterday and thought you might enjoy too... it's a tad random, but I figured it works along the theme of our anticipation for Grandpa's latest book!
So when I was little,
I always pictured Grandma Donna as she is in the colored photo
where she has the white sweater with little navy blue bows.
(anyone got a digital version to add to this post?)
And, my young-girl self always thought she was identical to
the mother in the 1961 version of The Parent Trap:
It's been a while since I've seen this movie, but in my search for a good picture of Maureen O'Hara as "Maggie," I stumbled upon this fun video that was a good reminder of what an awesome job she does with a great character. (the little video gets kind of long but if you can stand the music, it's worth the fun memory...)
Anyway... as I thought about my childhood concepts of her... fantasizing about what she was like... picturing her as the Parent Trap Mom, I became more and more grateful for the work Grandpa has been doing—fun work, I'm sure, but work nonetheless—to get the home videos to where we could see them, and to dig up more stories and pictures for this book. It helps us all who never knew her to really know more of who she was. I always knew she was primary president, and PTA president, but I think it was only a few years ago as my mom narrated through the home movies that she was a jokester and that she was silly! :) (Is that where my Mom gets her silly side?)
So,
A BIG THANKS, Grandpa,
for all you've done so that I don't forever think she was Maggie, or imagining my own version of her personality, but that we can really come to know her from the man who loved her most!
So when I was little,
I always pictured Grandma Donna as she is in the colored photo
where she has the white sweater with little navy blue bows.
(anyone got a digital version to add to this post?)
And, my young-girl self always thought she was identical to
the mother in the 1961 version of The Parent Trap:
It's been a while since I've seen this movie, but in my search for a good picture of Maureen O'Hara as "Maggie," I stumbled upon this fun video that was a good reminder of what an awesome job she does with a great character. (the little video gets kind of long but if you can stand the music, it's worth the fun memory...)
Anyway... as I thought about my childhood concepts of her... fantasizing about what she was like... picturing her as the Parent Trap Mom, I became more and more grateful for the work Grandpa has been doing—fun work, I'm sure, but work nonetheless—to get the home videos to where we could see them, and to dig up more stories and pictures for this book. It helps us all who never knew her to really know more of who she was. I always knew she was primary president, and PTA president, but I think it was only a few years ago as my mom narrated through the home movies that she was a jokester and that she was silly! :) (Is that where my Mom gets her silly side?)
So,
A BIG THANKS, Grandpa,
for all you've done so that I don't forever think she was Maggie, or imagining my own version of her personality, but that we can really come to know her from the man who loved her most!
4 comments:
Amen, cousin!
Ditto, ditto!
I'd never thought of the comparison to Maureen O'Hara, but now that you mention it, it's quite true!
Yes, she was a fun and silly mom... and it's so sad how little of that we remember. Thanks to Dad, all of you who didn't know her will learn more about her...
We're all so lucky to be her children/grandchildren!
ps.....
Olivia, I'm anxious to hear how you're doing! You need to do a post! :)
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