{"id":5857,"date":"2016-07-20T20:30:14","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T03:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=5857"},"modified":"2016-08-12T20:41:55","modified_gmt":"2016-08-13T03:41:55","slug":"threads-connect-generations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/threads-connect-generations\/","title":{"rendered":"Threads Connect Generations    Prompt #272"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m thinking about ancestors this week and how we inherit some of their traits, like threads weaving from one generation to the next, connecting us.<\/p>\n<p>For this prompt, remember your grandfather, your father or an uncle doing something he likes, or liked to do, whatever it is or was.\u00a0 If they built something or maintained something . . . picture what that looks like.<\/p>\n<p>Take a deep breathe in. Let it out.<\/p>\n<p>Now, think about your grandmother, your mother, or an aunt, doing something she likes, or liked, to do,\u00a0 whatever it is or was.<\/p>\n<p>If she built something, or made something, picture what that looks like.<\/p>\n<p>Go back a generation or two or three, before electricity, before modern conveniences, pioneer days.<\/p>\n<p>Picture your grandfather or grandmother or great-grandparents. If you know how they spent their time, picture that.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t know how they spent their time, use your imagination.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps someone chopping wood for the fireplace.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe great-grandmother is sitting by the fire, with her needlework on her lap. Perhaps she wears a contented smile as she darns, or knits, or crochets.<\/p>\n<p>Deep breathe in. Let it out.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe she reflects on her ancestors, those who told stories either orally or through their needlework.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Heart-quilt-wall-hanging.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5858 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Heart-quilt-wall-hanging-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Heart quilt wall hanging\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Heart-quilt-wall-hanging-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Heart-quilt-wall-hanging.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Maybe you remember a special quilt, or a tablecloth or a doily\u2014something your grandmother, or her mother, or her mother made\u2014maybe an embroidered pillowcase or a sampler.<\/p>\n<p>This is where we come from\u2014these ancestors. 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