tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224471383814317075.post1775101231385244828..comments2023-06-07T12:41:59.359-04:00Comments on Amused Grace: A Is For AncestorsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224471383814317075.post-79333801010242607702012-01-17T16:47:31.414-05:002012-01-17T16:47:31.414-05:00My mother's a hoarder, my grandmother was a ho...My mother's a hoarder, my grandmother was a hoarder, and guess what I'll be someday. I hear ya on the no space, no voice thing big time.<br /><br />I get tired of how we are supposed to utterly revere our family. How our family is the only people who will be with you forever. How family should be like a snuggly warm blanket filled with puppies and love.<br /><br />BAH. I'm sucked dry and I'm tired of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224471383814317075.post-16600932654603711912012-01-14T10:17:59.345-05:002012-01-14T10:17:59.345-05:00"Family" is overrated, I've always f..."Family" is overrated, I've always found. Treasure whichever ones are genuinely nice to you. Don't give any place in your life to the ones who are bastards. Unfortunately, it took me a long time to figure that out.Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224471383814317075.post-72972317201060613652012-01-14T09:57:08.139-05:002012-01-14T09:57:08.139-05:00I've recently been finding Ancestry quite fasc...I've recently been finding Ancestry quite fascinating, and have actually been keen enough to cough up a subscription to the website of the same name.<br /><br />You must have seen the TV programs, 'Who Do You Think You Are', now screened in several countries. There are also similar programs, on satellite and cable, such as 'Find My Past'.<br /><br />When you start thinking about it, there's a lot more to it, and you begin to notice how widespread, and universal, these ideas are.<br /><br />Many 'primitive' religions incorporate types of ancestral worship - in various forms. Some families, even today, name children after a deceased grandparent, following some kind of belief about reincarnation.<br /><br />I've even come across some research done at Oxford, by psychologists, asking why people are fascinated by their ancestors - they claim the fascination may come from deep questions we all have, wondering about what death is, and what lies beyond - what happened to our ancestors will eventually happen to us.John Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02966938808921010638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224471383814317075.post-79048202658962077832012-01-14T06:38:36.035-05:002012-01-14T06:38:36.035-05:00I guess the best thing about my Ancestors is that ...I guess the best thing about my Ancestors is that the truly disfunctional ones are back a ways. My Great Great Grand Aunt set fire to a house - with some one in it.... Her brother my Great Great Grandfather had a nice long list of criminal behaviour and was a rat catcher. i can laugh that his children changed his profession on their marriage certificates, the most amusing being the one where they turned him into a Gamekeeper... I feel proud that they moved on and did well but I also feel pity for the abject povery my great great and his siblings lived with. The case notes where his brother stole bread because he was starving and had had no work in 17 weeks are heartbreaking.<br /><br />Time and distance is a good thing when dealing with Ancestors...Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02335627965504673440noreply@blogger.com