Grandparents Day 2012

If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people.

—Thich Nhat Hanh

Vietnamese monk, activist and writer

My maternal grandparents, William L. and Myrtle A. (Snider) Yawamn

My paternal grandmother, Mamie O. (Martindale) Spurlock

My paternal grandfather, Jasper J. "Jack" Spurlock, Sr.

© 2012 Denise Spurlock

Honoring My Grandparents

To forget one's ancestors is to be

a brook without a source,

a tree without a root.

(Chinese Proverb)

Jasper Jackson Spurlock (1876-1940)

Mamie Olive (Martindale) Spurlock (1884-1971)

William Lee Yawman (1870-1948)

Myrtle Arminta (Snider) Yawman (1878-1958)

Forget-Me-Nots
By Marie Nyl-Frosch (Private Collection) [Public domain],
via Wikimedia Commons

© 2011 Denise Spurlock