Dad got a job at Beech Aircraft in Wichita, Kanas. He would be gone working Monday thru friday, and come home on the weekends. When he came home he would always bring Kathy and I a little toy or trinket. Mom and dad bought us a house and we moved to Wichita when Michelle was a small baby, I was 4 yrs old and Kathy was 7.
Mom got a job at Beech also and we brought Grandma Gros down to live with us and take care of us girls while mom and dad were at work. Grandma Gros was my mother's mother. I honestly don't remember a whole lot about Grandma. I know she was a very kind and gentle woman--kind of quiet and she loved to sew. I can still see her in my mind sitting at the sewing machine.
I also remember she worried a lot about my adventurous nature. My dad once said"Ijust wish I could come home from work just once and not get told all that Jackie did all day." Keep in mind now, I wasn't a mean or disobedient child, I just had twice the energy and spunk than most children. She particularly worried about my antics on the swingset---that will be coming up a few more posts from now. (Can't give it all to you at once!) lol
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What kind of work did Grandpa do. I remember he worked with the aircraft companies, but never quite understood his exact work.
ReplyDeleteSweet and gently grandma's are the best! :) And there's nothing wrong with a little bit of spunk.
ReplyDeleteI'm not quite sure what my dad did at Beech, but I think it was in the engineering field--maybe designing the tools to make the plane parts. Something like that.
ReplyDeletei love to play outside and climb up and down the swingset
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