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Post by gramasue on Apr 28, 2015 22:56:12 GMT
overlooking the blue sea and chat for one hour to anyone, past or present, who would it be?
I'm so torn with this question that came to me through an e-mail from a friend. It really makes you think.
I think I would probably choose my Mom, who has been gone for 15 years, just because there are still so many questions about our family history I would love to ask her. She was the last of her generation in our family. I would also like to tell her about all the changes in our family that have happened since that time. I like to think she would be happy about most of them but probably sad about some of them, too.
And even though she was half-deaf and we had to yell for her to hear us, I picture the two of us sitting on that bench, holding hands and speaking in soft voices and never missing a syllable.
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Post by padresfan619 on Apr 28, 2015 22:59:24 GMT
Alive? Alex Trebek
Dead? My aunt who I was named after. She had a huge influence on my life in the short 11 years that I knew her. I would love to be able to talk to her as an adult. In my dream world I was going to move in with her while I was in college and pretty much stay with her forever. She was a wonderful woman.
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Post by maryland on Apr 28, 2015 23:01:16 GMT
That's so sweet!
I would have several, so hard to pick. Maybe my grandfather. I never met him, he was killed in World War II when my mother was a baby, 18 months old. It would be nice to hear his stories.
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Post by dreamer on Apr 28, 2015 23:07:05 GMT
George Washington.
I didn't know any of my Grandparents so I wouldn't know where to start.
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Post by FurryP on Apr 28, 2015 23:34:37 GMT
I too, would choose my mother. She's been gone a little less than a year.  |
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Post by NanaKate on Apr 28, 2015 23:36:17 GMT
My brother.
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Post by kristalina on Apr 28, 2015 23:51:22 GMT
I couldn't choose between my Mom and Dad.
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Post by momof3pits on Apr 28, 2015 23:53:38 GMT
I would probably chose my grandma, who I called Gam. I'm due in the next few days, and u would love to be able to share this baby with her. She passed when I was in 7th grade and I miss her so much. She was the stereotypical loving grandma.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2015 23:58:44 GMT
My paternal grandfather. According to some facts I found and my mother's aunt he died a couple years after I was born.
I want to know why he let my grandmother kick him out ( back in the 1920s). I think it had to do with her carousing and drug abuse.
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Post by peasapie on Apr 29, 2015 0:01:55 GMT
Well, I'd love to know what it was like for my grandma, growing up in Italy, and why she came to the U.S. and what that experience was like, including her earliest days here. Either of my grandmas, really. I only met one of them.
They both spoke mostly Italian, so I'd want this wishful magic to include us being able to understand each other.
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Post by TwentyThree on Apr 29, 2015 0:35:24 GMT
My son, he was 20 when he died 3 years ago. I miss his hearing his voice & his laugh.
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Post by akathy on Apr 29, 2015 0:55:27 GMT
My DH  Today would've been our 43rd wedding anniversary. |
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Post by trainscrapper on Apr 29, 2015 1:03:12 GMT
My dad. I miss him so much everyday. I was 26 when he passed and never thought I would be burying my dad at that age. He missed my sisters wedding and mine. I have so much to tell, so much to ask. But I guarantee I would have a recorder of some type so that whenever I wanted or needed I could hear his voice again.
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Post by moodyblue on Apr 29, 2015 1:03:21 GMT
My DH Today would've been our 43rd wedding anniversary. That made me tear up. I hope you're remembering the best of times today. |
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Post by brandy327 on Apr 29, 2015 1:05:22 GMT
No thought in this one...my dad. He never met his grandchildren and he would have just adored them.
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Post by Scrappyhappy on Apr 29, 2015 1:14:49 GMT
My dad, he died of pancreatic cancer 9 years ago.
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Post by TankTop on Apr 29, 2015 1:26:16 GMT
My DH Today would've been our 43rd wedding anniversary. Happy Anniversary! I am so sorry he is gone too soon. |
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Post by TankTop on Apr 29, 2015 1:27:41 GMT
I would sit with my mother. She is still alive (as far as I know), but doesn't want us in her life.
I only have one question for her..."Why couldn't you love me?"
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Post by cadoodlebug on Apr 29, 2015 1:31:21 GMT
My sister ~ she passed away 10 years ago from early-onset Alzheimer's. She was my best friend and I miss her dearly. |
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Post by TankTop on Apr 29, 2015 1:34:34 GMT
My son, he was 20 when he died 3 years ago. I miss his hearing his voice & his laugh. I am so sorry for your loss. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2015 1:36:42 GMT
My first thought was Jane Austen. But after reading this post (which is making me all teary!) I realize it would be my brother, who died before I was born.
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Post by metaldancer on Apr 29, 2015 1:37:05 GMT
My Daddy...I just want to hear him say everything is going to be okay.
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Post by Belia on Apr 29, 2015 1:44:30 GMT
My DH Today would've been our 43rd wedding anniversary. Happy anniversary! What a bittersweet day this must be for you. Honestly, I would like to be there with my dog. I don't think I could ever let her go again, though. |
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Post by Butterfly Momma on Apr 29, 2015 2:02:01 GMT
I would choose my infant daughter who died in November. The conversation would be very one sided I know and part of me wonders if only having one more hour would be good or bad. But I'd choose her. And snuggle her close and kiss her head.
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Post by polz on Apr 29, 2015 3:09:21 GMT
My Nan. She passed two years ago. It's autumn here in New Zealand. I love getting up early in the morning and having a coffee outside. My Nan was a smoker and sitting on the stoop having a smoke and a drink whilst wearing a blanket were part of her morning routine.
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Post by freecharlie on Apr 29, 2015 3:18:25 GMT
I don't know who I would chat with, but your posts all have me teary.
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Post by scorpeao on Apr 29, 2015 3:24:23 GMT
My grandma
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Post by Daikon on Apr 29, 2015 3:27:18 GMT
My grandmother, she was such an influential part of my life. She is why I am who I am today.
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Post by 950nancy on Apr 29, 2015 3:35:27 GMT
Hands down, my mom. I have a lot of questions for her!
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Post by bc2ca on Apr 29, 2015 3:48:30 GMT
My paternal grandfather who I only met twice in my life (age 6 & 8) because he & my dad were estranged. I've heard many stories about him from my aunts and other family members and would love to have known him.
ETA He passed away when I was in 12th grade so I never had an opportunity to know him as an adult.
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Today would've been our 43rd wedding anniversary.
