Grandmother’s Handwriting
A letter arrived in my mail box…it was in my Grandmother’s handwriting. Immediately my heart felt warm, I felt her love from afar.
My Grandmother, Louise Hobbs Crabtree, instilled a passion in me for photography. Grandma always had a camera in hand and was snapping away. Her family history is very well documented by photographs.
Through the years Grandma has sent me countless photographs that she has taken, her handwriting is on the back of each one, showing the date it was taken, who is in the photograph and how old they were at the time. I wish I had her skill for organization.
I have developed quite a fondness for my Grandmother’s handwriting. I save everything that has her handwriting on it; the letters she sends, the photographs she takes, the articles and recipes she sends…I love them all and can’t seem part with them.
I feel her love and thoughtfulness every time I see her perfect handwriting.
your grandma and I were just talking about her handwriting this week when she was visiting….she would spend hours perfecting it in elementary school….it was a required class back then and she was an A+ student! I always tried to imitate it but just could’nt get it so perfect! I guess it takes years of practice! I am soooo excited you’re blogging because you are ooozing with talent and I now have someone to try to imitate again but I think it will take years of practice!
You have awesome handwriting too silly!
From SITS- I love my grandparent’s handwriting- so much changes over time, I think the penmanship from the “older generation” is a true art form.
Also, your blog header is beautiful.
Congrats on SITS feature! You will have wonderful memories of your grandmother through her writing and pictures. You are one lucky woman!
Beautiful layout! I need to tweak mine so I can stop using the “available templates”. My grandmother was never the type to send or keep anything. I am totally jealous. Congrats on your Sits day!
This post reminded me dearly of my grandmother. Her handwriting was beautiful and I often tried to duplicate it when I was younger. Thanks for reminding me of that.
Enjoy your SITS day!
My one surviving grandparent by the time I graduated high school was my dad’s mom. She used to write to me at least once a month when I was in college (along with sending delicious care packages like homemade melba toast or zucchini bread). I saved all her letters, too (but not the treats – those my dormmates and I devoured!).
I have a feeling my future grandkids won’t be as excited to save my scrawl… then again, we tend to just use the computer for most communication now anyhow. Maybe they’ll save my texts – once I learn how to do texting, LOL! I’ve still got a few decades to go before that’s an issue, anyhow! 🙂
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omgosh, how wonderful that you have those photographs and her notes on them! That is priceless. I wish I had those gifts.
What a wonderful gift!
Oooh, I only wish that my Grandmother could do that for me. Congrats on being the FB. ENjoy the comments!
What a beautiful sentiment. I certainly miss my grandmother. It’s funny how doing certain things makes me remember her more. I recently bought a Yahtzee game and have played it with my son. I am flooded by memories of playing with her for hours on end and the funny sayings she used to have. I find myself thinking those things in my head while I am playing. I hope I can make lasting memories with my grandchildren one day.
So precious that you posteda about this…I have a box full of my late grandmother’s letters, as well as recipes written in her hand. I treasure these above every stitch of jewelry I own. Truly…
That is sweet. It makes me miss my Grandma. Cherish your time together.
I am feeling so badly now…I am not sure I saved letters from my grandmother’s…and now that they are both gone, I feel sad about that. I think I need to go digging through this one box of memorabilia I have to see if I can find any.
Great post…and Enjoy being SITS queen of the day!
Nice blog! Congrats on being the SITS blogger of the day!
Handwriting and organization are two things that I fall short on. I’m SO impressed that every photo is so well organized. It’s a necessity for it to be relevant years later but… too infrequently happens!
Beautiful post and photos. I have several journals from my grandmother, who passed when I was 16 years old. I love to read her thoughts and fears and dreams from when she was a young girl. Her love of scrapbooking (the old black albums with photo corners and white pens) is what inspired me to start when my first was born.
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I love looking at old recipes my grandmother had written down. Her handwriting was so distinct.
This is an awesome post and what a tribute to you grandmother. Both of my grandmothers have passed away. I loved getting letters from them and I can see there handwriting, now, as I think about them. Thanks for the memories.
What a great post!!!
How special! I do this with certain people too. I have a couple people in my life whose letter and cards I just CAN’T throw away because their handwriting makes me feel loved.
I know exactly what you mean! I inherited all of my grandmothers knitting and crocheting supplies after she died. It wasn’t until just recently that I started sorting through all of the items and seeing what she had left. Finding the instructions for things she knit or crocheted for us on little recipe cards in her handwriting brought tears to my eyes. She’s been gone nearly 10 years now, and I still miss her dearly.
I know how you feel. The handwriting of women of that age is just beautiful. They took handwriting classes. I love it!
Beautiful! Gave me ideas for a tribute to my Nana.
Congrats on being “SAUCY”
gramma’s are alwys so organized like that… i never write on the backs of my photos. someday when i die, somebody is gonna have a big mess to straighten out.
What great memories to save of your grandma. Love the blog header! Congrats on you SITS feature!
What a beautiful post. And your site is GORGEOUS!!
Happy SITS day!
what a great thing to have…what a treasure! And wow! she did have the most beautiful handwriting…lovely just lovely :o)
~simply stork~
What a sweet tribute! I recently found an assignment that I did in middle school, where I’d apparently asked my great aunt Emma to write about her childhood experiences – she passed away last year and it was wonderful to find something in her handwriting that was so personal! I’d completely forgotten about that letter and it felt like a big hug from her.
Your blog is absolutely beautiful…must browse more!
Your words are truly beautiful….. I remember my Grandmother’s handwriting and funnily enough my mother’s is starting to resemble it.
This is so sweet and trust me you should hold on to every one. Both of my grandmothers were dead by the time I was in 3rd grade and my grandpa’s were both dead before I was born. I would give anything to have these kind of memories to hold on to.
That is something that I miss the most since my grandma past away. Her lovely hand written letters. I stumbled across an old letter the other day and I just realized how much I miss her. I also wished that I had sved more of her letters.
What a sweet post about your grandmother! I love getting letters from mine as well. Beautiful photos!
I get the exact same feeling when I see my grandmothers handwriting… it’s like years of wisdom, laughter and tears all mashed together and evolved into something beautiful.
It’s beautiful. My mom’s handwriting looks more like “chicken scratching,” and she’ll tell you that. I can read it fairly well, but my kids are dumbfounded by it! 🙂
I never knew my grandmother’s well (One died before I was born) and this post makes me want to find out more about them.
I feel the same way about reading my grandmothers letters – since she has passed they are even more special to me with her beautiful writing. Our poor children will have emails most likely.
The art of letter writing is lost in emails and the online world. My grandmother loves to write letters as well. It is always a special treat to open the mailbox and find a hand written note.
My grandmother has framed some of her grandmother’s notes and handwritten receipe cards. She has the framed receipe cards hanging the kitchen.
I thought it is a great way to save the memories.
Grandmothers are special.
I still have my grandma’s old card-file recipe box because so much of it is her handwriting. She was an elementary school teacher and I always loved her “perfect” handwriting. Thanks for bringing back that memory. Congrats again on being the SITS featured blogger!
That is very sweet! I have saved MANY things from my Grandma, who passed away several years ago. I don’t have much of her handwriting though….unfortunately, I couldn’t read it that well! But I have many other fond memories of her.
How sweet! I wish I had anything that belonged to my grandmother. I didn’t know how to really appreciate her while she was here. Congrats again on being featured today!
Aw! You make me miss my Nanny! She was not a letter writer though. I envy you your treasures from your Grandmother.
Be blessed.
Jen
How sweet! I felt the same way about my grandmother’s handwriting. Treasure those, you will be glad you have them! enjoy your SITS day!
That is a beautiful sentiment to have from your grandmother, you should treasure them forever.
Congrats on being featured on SITS! 🙂
What a lovely post. You are truly blessed to still have your Grandmother around. All of my Grandparents have passed away and never got to meet my husband, my children, see me graduate….it is sad to think about. I love this post and, like you, would want to treasure every sweet document on which she makes her mark. Treasures indeed.
Congrats on the SITS feature 🙂
Beautiful. It made me think of my own grandmother and how feeble her handwriting became as the years passed. It was always a welcome sight in my mailbox. I miss her.
Wow. You are awesome and what a great tribute to your grandmother! You are very lucky to have her!
That totally made me miss my Gran! Thanks for sharing your special memory.
My grandma was super organized like that too. It must be a long lost art of sorts…..it seems so forgotten in today’s day. It sounds like you truly treasure these things from your grandma. Makes me totally miss my Granny!
Cute pic. My grandma writes me often as well.
I always save everything my grandparents wrote because I know that one day, they’ll all be gone and I want to remember how they wrote. That was a lovely tribute to your grandmother. Thanks for sharing and congrats on your SITS day!
That is so touching. My grandmother’s like that,too.
Came to you via SITS.
I absolutely love your header! I can’t wait to poke around your blog some more. I love the idea of scrapbooking, and have enjoyed it when I’ve done it (my son’s baby book, some gifts), but can’t quite get motivated or organized well enough to do it regularly. Looks like you have it down to an art/science. Congrats on the SITS feature!
That is beyond sweet. I’ve never really taken notice of my grandmothers’ handwriting. I will now though! Thanks for making me think about it!
There is nothing like the written word… The HAND written word to be precise. I spent 9 yrs. as a scrapbook instructor and I can’t tell you how many times I stressed the idea of writing.
There’s a wonderful book I recommend on the subject titled: Put Your Heart On Paper by, Henriette Anne Klauser… I invite you to check it out because it provides even more ideas for preserving the written word.
I have a few very old pics handed down from my great grandmother with descriptions on the back… I treasure those pictures, though I didn’t know her well and I wish she’d been a family historian such as your grandmother. Thanks for reminding me of them. 🙂
That is so sweet. I’m glad I use my handwriting on some of my scrapbook layouts for this reason–I hope my kids and grandkids will remember me when they see it!
I feel the same way about my grandmother’s handwriting. I love to open the mailbox and see a card from her and read her little comments about her life.
My Grandmother passed away 2 days after she mailed out Holiday Cards a couple of years ago. Three days later I recieved my card. I still have it up on my fridge. I’ll never get rid of it. It was the last and probably only piece I have with her handwriting on it.
Thank you for sharing. Happy SITS day.
I used to always try and copy my Nanny’s handwriting. It was much more fancy then the way we learned to write in cursive. Her name is Emily, and I just loved the way she wrote her capital E. I will always remember that.
It is true, that when I was in elementary school handwriting was very important. I went to a Catholic grade school and we practiced our handwriting religiously (pun intended).
I used to teach high school math and I would tell my students…the first impression people have of you is your appearance, the second impression is your speech, but the third impression is your handwriting and the way you write. I always stressed how important it was.
I love to read and just look at beautiful handwriting. It is an art form all its own. You are very lucky to have such wonderful mementos.
Cherish them!
that’s awesome!! my grandma lives in NM but she’s never sent me anything like that.
I adore every ounce of this post. Family photographs and letters are the most cherished thing in my home.
What a wonderful post about your grandma. Makes me really miss mine. I have boxes full of photos that I took from her house when she passed but she wasn’t nearly as organized as yours!
congrats on your SITS day!
Handwriting is a lost art, as is letter writing. I am totally with you on this sentiment. I have a friend from high school who I have only seen once in the past 14 years that I write letters to. It’s one of my favorite things to see a handwritten letter in the mailbox.
I have a two letters that my grandmother, now gone, wrote to me when each of my children were born. I’ll cherish them always.
Perfectly said! I once wrote a post on handwriting, too–the rush of emotions it elicits from deep down. I especially cherish the words written by my late father–seeing his handwriting in the present shortens the time (15 yrs) since I last saw him.
Thank you!
I feel exactly the same way about my grandma and my mom’s handwriting. This is a really nice post that you’ve written.
Here from SITS. Congratulations on being blogger of the day!!
Your Grandmother has beautiful writing.
Sadly, with the advent of computers, penmanship is a skill we seem to be losing.
I’ve recently got interested in making handmade cards and I found myself having to practice for ages, just so my writing would look neat!
what a lovely tribute to your grandmother
and a reminder that everyone loves handwritten snail mail.
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I love this post — it reminds me of how special is it when I run across items with my mom’s or grandmother’s writing on it. It’s like a piece of them is still here with me, even though they are deceased.
Thanks for sharing this with us.
What a wonderful post! I love your pictures, you have a great talent!
I wish my grandma recognized her worth and the meaning of her memories… She just says she doesn’t remember or it was too long ago
how cool to have so many pics from her life. that’s so neat.
What wonderful memories she’s blessing you with.
I have a collection of recipes my late grandmother copied for me, and I treasure seeing her handwriting. It helps me feel connected to her even though she has passed on. What a lovely scrapbook page idea!
I don’t know if I”ll be able to read anymore after this!—-I treasure loved one’s handwriting too. My mom passed away 2 years ago, and I just treasure her notes. In fact, I make sure I write a lot of notes to my kids so they’ll have something other than a printed out email of mine to read :)!
Isn’t it amazing how something as simple as a few written words can bring back a flood of memories. Beautiful post – cool blog! Congrats on being a SITS girl!
I feel the same way about my mother’s writing. Elegant, graceful and something to aspire to. I even took some of the thread bobbins she had written on b/c the numbers looked so beautiful.
This is such a sweet, touching post. Thank you for sharing. Congrats on the SITS feature.
How beautiful! You are lucky to have such a wonderful woman in your life.
This post made me cry! I love to look back at letters and cards my grammy wrote me. To know she touched it. We lost her 11 years ago.
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