Can Brooke Shields forgive her grandmother? 🌳 #wdytya #ancestry #brookeshields #grandmother

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[mikehigbee]

My great grandmother had five children. Only one lived to adulthood and become my grandfather. Imagine that life.

[brendalamb]

My grandmother was horrible to my father and his siblings. She would take off for weeks at a time chasing my drunk of a grandfather during the great depression. No food. Thank God for the neighbors who fed them.

[dl]

What a blessing to be able to have records of your ancestors.

[chrish]

Kudos to Brooke for not passing this on. She seems to be a very aware and caring mother.

[lovedaybebe]

Ancestral trauma being passed down, is very real 🙏 I’m the daughter of wartime babies. My mother’s father was fighting in the war and I suspect had PTSD and didn’t bond with her . My father’s house was destroyed and he was evacuated, the first time, my grandmother felt really uneasy about him, a mother’s instinct. She went to visit him and he was near starving . The second time he was thankfully placed with a good, kind couple 🙏 the pain of Thier childhood’s definitely affected them both for life and then passed on to us children! I live in the Uk 🇬🇧 where it was all stiff upper lip and things were not talked about. Makes me so sad for the children being affected by war now 🙏 and even the children affected by lockdowns and the subsequent economic crisis ! It goes on and on 🙏 up to us to break the cycle 🙏

[spritelybird]

It's amazing Brooke is so sweet. Her mom literally treated her as a meal ticket, knowing she was going to have a good looking kid. Brooke's father was insanely handsome and she looks like him.

[carpenterbluechicken]

Losing a child is losing a part of yourself, my son died it be 14 years its always yesterday..

[Todayisanewday.]

My grandma had 12 children but 2 passed away when they were still children. She spoke about those 2 until the day she died, she was 90 years old. So, I could only imagine the pain she must have felt to loose them because their memories never left. A difficult and painful experience I wish I never get to live 🙏🏼

[eddabrandes]

My grandmother was born 1898. She was a hard woman and disliked children, including her own 5. When her youngest son married my mother she decided to "retire". From then on her only occupation was gardening, knitting and making my mother's life hell. Fortunately, my father wasn't having it but when he was working she tried her best. I never understood why she was so bitter.

[dragoncrackers]

Being a terrible person can not be justified because of early life. Many of us go through some kind of trauma in life but it was her choice to treat her daughter badly.

[liberty]

Brooke has been beautiful as a child teen young women and now today .. STILL GORGEOUS BROOK. ❣️🎀
Grew up with her, from blue lagoon to endless love. I feel like everyone loved(s) Brooke.

[phyllisharrell]

Never judge people UNTIL you walk a mile in their shoes!

[Kritterlu]

My Mom's in-laws (and Dad's sisters too) were horrible to her. For example, my parents married at the age of 18yrs old. 6 weeks after they married, my Dad contracted Polio. He was never able to walk without braces and crutches the rest of his life. His parents blamed my Mom for the Polio. Their reasoning? If he had stayed on the farm instead of marrying and moving to the city, he never would have contracted the Polio- so it was all her fault !!
There were many examples like this... if you weren't from the family, then you were the enemy. Consequently, I never had any interest in coming to "family" reunions as an adult. They could never understand why I was so distant. Sad....

[bridgetwilson]

I've have never shared with anyone other my siblings who know what my mother went through as a child my grandmother wasn't nurturing type nor did she give my Mom love and affection and she favored certain children but my mother wasn't one of them even though she was the one who bought everyone of them up north from the south which led to better opportunities for them and their families I don't have children of my own but feel blessed to have had the mother God blessed my siblings and I with she was a single parent who worked hard and sacrificed for her kids and worked two jobs when necessary there is something that bothers me even though my Mom is not living anymore she was always bothered by the treatment she received from my grandmother and she was always looking for her approval and never received it why do people have kids when you're not capable of showing them the love they need and the the secrets they kept from my mother

[rjlovell]

Something I have learned about families especially coming from a small one with not knowing any extended family, when I found out about 'others' I wasn't this excited nor do I miss anyone I haven't met. What I do know is mt 4 children and 3 grandchildren have a loving family an understand they are important to each other. We take family vacations together and make sure we call and/or FaceTime at least 3 times a month. That has kept our grandchildren use to seeing and talking to us so that when we see them in person once or twice a year they aren't hesitant to see Papi and Grandma.

[mfi-cfsp]

well Brooke’s mom basically let her do soft core with a 60 something y/o man at age 13 (Pretty Baby) so I’d say she’s warped and it’s likely generational

[Me-mnnw]

It's amazing the things you can find and the falsehoods told.

[viviennegreenwood]

My father had a brother who died before he was born. They gave my father his name & constantly told him he just wasn't as good as his brother. They were exceptionally well off yet put him & his siblings in an orphanage. My Dad got Scarlet Fever & was sent to Hospital for some time. Even though his Father was a Medical Lecturer with his own practice & his Mum a Nursing Sister, they never once visited him in hospital. He was only 8yrs old. They never fetched them for holidays. All the Orphans would be taken home by families but they just waited at the gate till dark & no one came, ever!

[jessicabrewer]

My grandmother had an older brother who died when she was 3. We found his school books bound in a strap tucked away in her closet when she died. It was the saddest thing I've ever seen.

[debrahenderson]

It was just the era. Life was hard. My grandmother was the same. She was very hard and matter of fact. My mother, despite her mother, was very loving but had an edge to her as well.