My #grandmother used to live in Punjab. During the summer holidays, we used to visit her. She was a very #positive and #hardworking lady. She taught us many things that I still use in my life.
She was an early riser and would make us(grandchildren)rise in the morning. She believed in #recycling of paper. She will make us #soak papers in water, and then will put #multani mitti in it, and from the mixture we will make good baskets. All #wrapping paper, she used to store for her grandchildren. She used to help us kids use that paper in making covers for all the reading books available at home.
Summer used to be the time for #raw mangoes. She used to make many varieties of mango # pickles. She will take our help in making those pickles. I still use her # recipes to make mango pickles.
Whenever my grandmother will # boils vegetables, with water from boiled vegetables, she will make #soup for us. Same procedure I still follow.
With dried #orange peels and #black gram flour, my grandmother will make a body scrub for us. This procedure taught us how to make a # chemical-free scrub for the body.
My grandma was friendly with her neighbors, and that's why people in her #neighborhood were so kind to us(grandchildren). Now I realize this was so because my #grandparents were not self-centered. They always were eager to solve #neighborhood problems if they could. This way, my grandparents had earned so much # goodwill from neighbors. So neighbors in return used to treat us (grandchildren)with kindness #Jesters.
After finishing her household #chores, my grandma will teach us #mental maths tricks. Same, I am using it till today. She has the art of winning her children's hearts so much so that we #grandchildren never wished to come back from # grandparents' house.
Now, after growing old, I realize how much I have learnt from my #grandma. Her every teaching is a precious treasure for us, which I am passing on to my #daughters. I miss my #grandmother every moment.
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