history

who doesn't wonder where they come from?

who doesn't wonder what happened to the ones they loved before they were here?

gram and pop met at penn state. they got married after dating for a while when pop wound up not going to war. i have the pictures from the wedding in my trunk. it was a beautiful, but simple, wedding. almost what i would hope for. they've been married almost 60 years now. i found out tonight that gram threw a baby shower for mom and me.

grandma and grandpa were high school sweethearts. i have the picture to prove it. they went to prom together. theirs was a not so happily-ever-after. they got divorced a few years after i was born. grandpa drank a lot. grandma was a very metticulous housekeeper, from what i've heard and seen in pictures. grandpa is married to dorothy now. they live in vero beach but i haven't seen him since i graduated from high school. it was nice of him to show up that day. dad didn't... grandma and i spend a lot of time on the phone now. i feel like i was sort of cheated out of a relationship with her when i was younger. grandma won one of the prizes at the baby shower gram threw for mom and me.

i've heard the stories before but i want to hear them again.

and again.

and again...

maybe that's just part of building my own history.