Thank you Grandma!
That's me sitting in my grandfather's lap - grandma to the right and my siblings standing in the back row This afternoon I sat at my kitchen table snapping fresh green beans memories of my grandmother flooded my mind - Before I knew it I was telling my children, my two boys, the memories I had of my youth...a replay of events that once happened thirty-five plus years ago...however...then it was my sweet little German grandmother telling me about her childhood growing up in a land once known as Prussia. As I recounted those days to my children I also, by happenstance, explained to them something so simple yet so many today take for granted - how to cook - what to look for in that bean they were snapping, how we were going to prepare them for a fresh green bean salad to go with our dinner tonight - and then how lucky we were a friend gave us those beans enabling us to be able to eat a healthy fresh meal for a very low - next to nothing - impact on our budget. It was s