Granny and I were very close, especially in my teens when I would write her letters and travel to Sydney to visit her. I was her only grandchild of her only daughter Rose. Her baking was outstanding, especially her sticky buns. She loved telling me stories and I based a school essay on one of them, about the time they moved to New York when Grandpa bought a shirt factory. When he lost that, she was supportive and they moved back to Sydney. I remember being proud of her, working in the store, having her hair and nails done and her visits with us in Hamilton. I tried unsuccessfully to get her to give up smoking. She flew up to Hamilton for my wedding in 1962, then carried on to Florida, right at the height of the Cuban crisis.
During my last visit to her when she was about 80, and I was early in my first pregancy, she was catering to me as I suffered morning sickness. She passed away shortly after I told her of my second pregancy, and that baby, Samantha, was named in her memory.
Granny loved beautiful things and I have inherited many of them, including her dining room set, silver pieces and cranberry crystal. I also treasure a diamond heart eternity ring that Uncle Ephraim made for her and the memory of when she offered it to me.
She was a strong fashionable woman who loved to travel, visiting her sister Bessie in the States, trips to Florida and Hamilton. She loved Ben and was a stern but caring mother to Rose and a doting grandmother to Marsha.
Granny and I were very close, especially in my teens when I would write her letters and travel to Sydney to visit her. I was her only grandchild of her only daughter Rose. Her baking was outstanding, especially her sticky buns. She loved telling me stories and I based a school essay on one of them, about the time they moved to New York when Grandpa bought a shirt factory. When he lost that, she was supportive and they moved back to Sydney. I remember being proud of her, working in the store, having her hair and nails done and her visits with us in Hamilton. I tried unsuccessfully to get her to give up smoking. She flew up to Hamilton for my wedding in 1962, then carried on to Florida, right at the height of the Cuban crisis.
During my last visit to her when she was about 80, and I was early in my first pregancy, she was catering to me as I suffered morning sickness. She passed away shortly after I told her of my second pregancy, and that baby, Samantha, was named in her memory.
Granny loved beautiful things and I have inherited many of them, including her dining room set, silver pieces and cranberry crystal. I also treasure a diamond heart eternity ring that Uncle Ephraim made for her and the memory of when she offered it to me.
She was a strong fashionable woman who loved to travel, visiting her sister Bessie in the States, trips to Florida and Hamilton. She loved Ben and was a stern but caring mother to Rose and a doting grandmother to Marsha.