I did know my dm's parents and spent much more time with them. My dgm bore 11 children, but lost two of them. My dgps were farmers, so there wasn't much time to do anything but work not he farm. They didn't really have free time. and there were 19 of us grandchildren. My dgm always had vanilla wafers for us. She was a good cook, but I don't think she ever used a recipe. When I was little, she cooked on a wood stove. We lost her in a car accident in 1937, and my dgf followed her five years later. I loved being on the farm, and we allowed to roam up and down the country road as we were related to everyone on the road. My dgf taught me how to milk a cow. I wasn't too bad at it, I remember the technique, but machines do all of that work now.
I have fond memories of both sides of my family, but my dm's family was closer. I think that is because my df's mother died when he was young. The glue to the family was gone.
I still fee very luck that I grew up as I did. With 19 sousing on one side and 21 on the other, there was always some relative around somewhere. I tell people that between the Davis and Hays families, I am related to almost everyone in Carlisle County, KY.
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