my name, ann marie, was influenced by my great-grandmother, annie. in every picture i have of her she is wearing one of her many aprons. i am grateful to have one of her aprons, pictured above. i use it when i'm making bread, or when i'm making a family recipe...one that annie would have made. i wonder what songs she would have hummed while cooking. i wonder what the women would have talked about while the bread was baking. celia jane might be able to tell me, but it's getting harder for her to remember.annie was a midwife. she took care of the women in the neighborhood. i think to be a midwife is to be in one of the highest of callings in life. i believe i would have truly enjoyed her company.
who were you named after?
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I was named after a dark lake in Scotland I think...
Your post reminds me of a live version of the Greg Brown song "Canned Goods". He says "..as I garden in the same dirt my grandma did. Grandma, how did you fit all those wrinkles on just one face?" He goes on to sing about a family reunion where everyone is eating each others homemade food, etc...
I'm named after Uncle Jesse from full house. Psych! Now for the truth- my middle name is Reid, same as my pa. I was born on his birthday. I don't know where Jesse comes from..
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