I remember being impressed by how well my new sister-in-law, Cindy, who was in her early 20s at the time, related so well with my 70-ish grandmother Pfaff during the late 1960s and early ‘70s.
Grandma Pfaff never went to high school but knew how to manage a household, which included my grandpa, who was a blacksmith, three rambunctious boys and my mother.
She also knew how to quilt, and Cindy absorbed all that Grandma Pfaff could teach her about quilting – a skill she didn’t pick up in college.
Today, Cindy can look back on a 45-year career in quilting as an entrepreneur who works out of her home, often in a time crunch to fill backorders from customers throughout southern Wisconsin.
* When have you seen younger and older generations truly connect with each other?
I remember being impressed by how well my new sister-in-law, Cindy, who was in her early 20s at the time, related so well with my 70-ish grandmother Pfaff during the late 1960s and early ‘70s.
Grandma Pfaff never went to high school but knew how to manage a household, which included my grandpa, who was a blacksmith, three rambunctious boys and my mother.
She also knew how to quilt, and Cindy absorbed all that Grandma Pfaff could teach her about quilting – a skill she didn’t pick up in college.
Today, Cindy can look back on a 45-year career in quilting as an entrepreneur who works out of her home, often in a time crunch to fill backorders from customers throughout southern Wisconsin.
* When have you seen younger and older generations truly connect with each other?