Classroom Home | Heritage Online | Chester Heritage Project Home | Montana Heritage Project Home | email Renee Rasmussen
TeacherLore | Veterans History Project | Montana Literature
Classroom Blogs: White Sulphur Springs | Ronan | Libby

Saturday, October 22, 2005

An Alligator to Remember

As a young child I would go to my great grandmother’s house 100 feet across the garden and help with chores.  Once this task was over I was able to do what I pleased, usually that meant playing with toys, playing cards, or running about outside.  On special days I asked my grandma (I always called her this because I was so close to her) if I could sew of course she allowed me to.  So I would go get the needle, thread, and the unusual gift to my grandma with cloth of puke green and sixty’s style pattern shaped to make an alligator with a bright green mouth and orange eyes.  On this alligator I would sew until my finger were dead to make sure every stitch looked perfect to impress my grandma.  Although the sewing looked terrible my grandmother looked in awe as if it were a masterpiece.  Once an insignificant alligator to my great grandmother it was now a fine place to display her great granddaughter’s sewing skills.

My grandmother had made sure every one of her children and grandchildren, and great grandchildren had received something of hers.  Our family being close to her got to pick and choose what we wanted.  But my grandma had picked out something special for me, the alligator.  My great grandmother had the alligator refinished for me before she passed away.  To this day sewing is one of my most favorite hobbies because it reminds my of the times I shared with my great grandmother.

Statistics

Total Entries: 1197
Total Comments: 315
Most Recent Entry: 04/25/2010 11:38 pm
Most Recent Comment on: 09/10/2009 10:50 pm