Did your grandparents live close by? If so, describe how they were involved in your life. If they lived far away share some memories of visiting them or of them traveling to visit you.

Grandma and Grandpa Feuerborn lived about 40 yards from our house.  You would go out the back fence, across the open field and into their back yard.  Us kids would go to their house regularly to say hi and get a cookie if we were lucky.  Joe played hundreds or thousands of games of checkers with grandpa Feuerborn.  Grandma would always bake an extra pumpkin pie for Joe if she was making pies cuz she knew Joe loved them and he was special because he played checkers with grandpa.

Grandma and Grandpa Muffenbier lived in an area of Portland called West Moreland.  I don't remember them ever traveling to see us.  They didn't drive and didn't own a car.