52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2021: Week 12 (LOSS)
Our children are in their early 20s. They have 2 great grandparents still alive. They only have one grandparent. Both my husband and I come from families that live to 100 - until they don't. My mom passed away in 2015 (age 65), his mom passed away in 2019 (67), and last month his dad passed away at the age of 74.
My husband was 3 when his parents divorced, and his mother moved them across the country. Over the years they spent some time together. After the age of 3 there was little consistent day to day contact.
Nature VS Nurture.
The first time I met my father-in-law I noticed they smelled the same.
It was strange to realize this stranger had the same pheromones as the man I had been close to for 6 years.
They share mannerisms.
Their voice was so similar it was hard for me to pick out which one was talking.
Child development says birth to age 3 is where the foundations are built so maybe it's a combination of genetics and nurture.
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| Father & Son |
During a visit when our youngest was about 11 I walked behind grandfather & grandson.
They were walking side by side down the hall.
Their pace was the same.
Their cadence was the same.
Their shoulder positioning the same.
Their body structure the same.
Nature VS Nurture.
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| Grandfather & Grandson |
Grief is complicated.
My husband lost the only dad he ever had.
Both his parents have died.
He is now an orphan.
Remembering
Ronald Clare Buchner
BIRTH 24 JUL 1946 • Tillsonburg, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada
DEATH 6 FEB 2021 • Puerto Vallarta Hospital, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico
When the genes pass generation to generation!!!
Cause ...
You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!
***Any errors are my own. Please send me any updates or corrections via the comments at the bottom of this blog post***
Links:
Amy Johnson Crow, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge
https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/
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