There must be someone.....

[SIXFOOTERsez]

not as hard a question as I thought.
My dad, Alive. My dads Father, Dead.
My first Mother in law, still alive.
My kids

Unusual for a couple of reasons Six. 1/ I think to have your Dad's Dad as an influence is rare. It is invariably the maternal granddad that helps you along, nice to see you know different. 2/ Your ex Mum in law! Hell I wouldn't have gave mine a push down a slide, and vice versa.
Nice choice though Six.

Yes, MIL1 was and is a fine person. You would need to know a lot more about me than I am inclined to type in here to understand, but she taught me there was a better world than the world I came from, very valuable lessons.
I would like to add both of my grandmothers, very different people form each other, but both taught me a lot. Old people in general, at least from the perspective of my generation have a lot to teach us about the world, how things were done, how life was lived etc. Its the last of an old fashioned world, even in the agricultural world, then it was small farms, now it is Huge agribusiness complexes, a way of life gone.
I kind of draw a line between that world and the one we live in now with all the technology, social media and "Conviniences". A better world now? maybe in some ways, but look around, a lot of this new world sux. There was no need in this country for its citizens to feel the need to go about armed like we do now in so many places. Medical care didn't mean giving up your life savings, kids said Yes Sir and Yes Ma'am and didn't run around with their pants hanging off their ass.