9.8.09

Three generations of Wagner women

I only have one grandparent remaining. Sometimes I think that people take for granted the fact that they have all four of their maternal and paternal grandparents. Mike has all four of his grandparents. My mother's dad passed from complications of lung cancer before I was born. My step-grandfather (the only one I ever knew, thus really grandpa) passed in December of my Junior year. I vividly remember my girls from the hall being very supportive while I drove back and forth to Pittsburgh the week leading up to his death. Grandad (my dad's dad) passed the following Summer. Mike and I were dating and this was the first family function we ever attended together. My Grammy passed the day after Thanksgiving this year. She was 90 and a tough old cookie up until the end. She died from congestive heart failure. I am left with Grandma Alderson and though she is not as old, she has aged considerably in the last few years. She took care of Grandpa for several years as his health deteriorated. I think that anyone would suffer the same effects. Well, I was recently in Pittsburgh and my mom was there as well. Throughout the years we have taken photos of us together. I have one from when I was about seven and it has Great-grandma Wagner in it as well. She passed a few years after that so we've been left with three generations for quite some time. I wasn't sure the next time I would have the chance to see her alive (don't think I'm so morbid, just realistic at this point) so we took what may be our last three generation photo. The funny thing is that I know exactly what I'll look like when I'm 80. Do you see the resemblance?? Anywho, here's the Wagner ladies. Enjoy.

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