Granny finds symbolism in everything and I mean EVERYTHING. When I was growing up her symbolism got on my last nerve. I mean who would see a flower had five petals and note that there were five of us too?
Granny looked for signs in everyday occurrences and always pointed them out. That drove me crazy too. I thought it was so corny and old fashioned.
There’s a funny commercial right now, I can’t remember what they’re trying to sell, but the hook of the ad is that the people are turning into their parents.
In recent years I’ve realized there are many things I do because Pap and Granny did them. Some of them are mundane, others make up the very bedrock of my life.
Tuesday will make five months that Granny has been gone from this ole world. I miss her so much. We all do.
At some point in my life I adopted Granny’s propensity for symbolism.
There were five in my immediate family growing up.
There was three children in Granny and Pap’s family.
Granny and Pap have five grandchildren.
Mine and Matt’s family unit was four people for a long time, but now there are seven of us.
Like Granny I find myself noticing the numbers that represent my family in all it’s variations. I look for them in everything from the number of steps in a set of stairs to the number of deer in a field.
Tipper
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I use to count everything. Squares in a tile floor, the number of anything and on and on. It’s got a name, OCD. I don’t have it quite so bad a this age ,old, thank goodness for that. Have a wonderful weekend everyone and may God bless y’all today, tomorrow and always.
We are the same! Numbers in everything. We also count everything which drives ourselves crazy. Silly I guess, but we can’t help ourselves.
I’ve lived well into my 80s trying every day to be as good at things as my dad was. He’s been gone 62 years. As for numerology in his regard, he was born 5/27/94 and lived the last 32 years of his life in a house with the address 527. I lived there until I was 22.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve glanced at the clock at 5:27 both in the AM and PM.
Robert also if you subtract 5 from 27 =22 the number of years you lived there…
Tipper, So interesting!!, I find symbolism in everything. I would probably drive you crazy too. When I see my birthdate on my phone the time I think of my Dad that he’s giving me a symbol. That he is thinking of me and watching over me. I can’t tell you how many screenshots I have in my phone with my birthdate on it. If I find a coin like a penny, I always check the date on the penny and see if that date relates to my life or anybody in my family. I think oh that must be my dad or my grandmother trying to tell me something and it always happens at the oddest times. Usually when I need to have reassurance of time type, but there was an old saying that my mom always used to say to me… Mirror mirror on the wall I am my mother after all!! I think that’s very true! We do become our parents. Thanks for the story about your mom it made me smile. Have a great weekend!!!
Post #2 – speaking of numbers…
My brother-in-law asks me, “Do you know why 6 is afraid of 7?” When I said, “No” he said, “‘Cause 7 8 9.”
I’m not much on symbolism, but one of my neighbors is. This sweet lady believes that the spirit of a deceased relative (I forget which one) is visiting her when a lone “white bird” (American egret) walks slowly through her yard. Nothing wrong with that. Its just an observation. The birds are actually stalking Cuban anoles, the little gray-brown lizards found all over Florida that compete with our native green anoles, or “chameleons.”
i guess I do this as well, drives my grandsons crazy. I get “really Nana” a lot.
Praying for Mr. Norman, Papaw Tony and the Pressley family.
Tipper, I know the commercial you are referencing. Oddly to some, that commercial “rubs me the wrong way.” There is nothing wrong with being more and more like your parents. If they were Godly parents, you should strive to be more like them, just as we should strive to be more like Christ.
I loved Granny. She had the “old ways.” Ways that many, unfortunately, do not understand. To coin a phrase that you don’t hear much anymore…”Granny had it!”
Morning everyone. Tipper the commercial is for insurance. “Don’t Turn Into Your Parents”. I always laugh, ’cause I am turning into my parents. Then when I catch myself, my son says “yeah you are turning into Omi. The symbolism is really strong in my family. We all do it. Starts with my daughter has 3 kids, I have 3, my mom had 3. I buy even numbers or in 3’s (use 1 and have 2 spares). My daughter, sister and both grandmothers had the middle name Maria. Right hand itches give money. Left hand itches get money. My right hand itches alot. I’m glad you mentioned counting numbers of things or animals. I thought only I did that. I know how many baby birds, bunnies. I count the hawks. This does sound a little weird. Here is one for you. When you are thinking about doing something, buying something etc. If you look at the clock while thinking about it, if the numbers on the clock are 12:34, 1:23, 4:56, 2:34, 3:45, on and on. numbers running in order. The universe is telling you to go ahead. You are making the right choice. Anna from Arkansas.
I do the same thing with numbers, Tipper. Have a great day! 🙂
My sister is the world’s worst at finding symbolism in everything. She found an eerie symbolism as she looked at my grandson’s basketball team picture, which included a young man who died in a car accident shortly after the season ended. I can’t remember exact numbers, but for example, his height was listed as 6’2″, and his jersey number was 21, 6-2-21, the date he died.
Today’s date is not only unique, it’s also the day we celebrate our beautiful baby girl, Hazeleigh, turning one(6-26-26) This past year of being a great grandma has blessed me in so many ways and I’m looking forward to her getting big enough to enjoy walkabouts with me out here at my little homestead. Symbolisms abound around here because I’ve lived here since 1993 and like Granny, I find them everywhere. Bless my grandkids’ hearts, as they’ve indulged me with every single one of them♡ Watching your sweet little boys as they grow, tickles me pink and hearing Ira telling you “bye” recently & that he was going to Dee Dee’s was just the sweetest thing. Have a wonderful weekend ahead and as I prepare for my next chemo treatment on July 1st, Papaw Tony is on my mind and in my prayers.
It’s an insurance commercial, for Progressive, when they’re not doing one of those “Flo” commercials.
Yes…..my family is the same. Ever since my husband and I married, the number 13 has always popped up….the towns we were from both had 13 letters, our son was born on the 13th, our house numbers either had 13 in the number or were multiples of 13, our homes were either bought on the 13th or had it somewhere in the process. We really didn’t look for it until it kept cropping up. So far, it has been a good number for us. Everyone have a good weekend….it is going to turn back hot. Stay cool!
I suppose numbers interest most folks in one way or another. The rich man knows all about numbers and lives for them. Did I tell you my friend who’s just blessed financially finally admitted he’d “commit sideways” if he lost his stocks or whatever? I already somehow knew it meant a lot to him. Anyway, I’d be crushed if it all went sideways, but I’m like a gypsy and I’d carry on. Lol Losing granny will be something you never get over this side of heaven. Oh you’ll muddle through life, but she will always be close in your thoughts- when you look at zinnias and other flowers she loved and green beans growing or canning or picking and of course anything knitted or crocheted that’s beautiful. Maybe you’ll “see her” in the girls or grandsons, nieces and nephews. Holidays and birthdays and anniversaries and songs will find her memory there. I see a lot of mommy in me as I get older… And yes if we are lucky and rich we will all turn into fine people like our beloved mother and daddy… Besides Jesus, who’s better??? God bless you all and tell yourself you love and appreciate your body and mind. Talk to all the parts and tell them good stuff. That’s what I’ve heard on some video and so let’s try it, yall and just see what happens here… I miss Granny myself. She was such a fine Appalachian lady in every way. God bless her soul as she watches over Tipper from upstairs…
Sadie that was such a sweet heartfelt comment!! ❤️
I get that, Tipper. This makes me think of my Dad who had a prophetic dream one time.
When he was working in the coal mines long before I came along, he dreamed about a cave-in at a certain time. As that time approached, he told the men he had a bad feeling, and being good Appalachians, they all left with him. When they got out of that area, it fell in.
Now Dad wasn’t what you’d call a “Bible thumper” by any means, but he was a good moral man with a deep quiet faith in God. So when he took me aside and told me in all seriousness not to be riding my bike one day because he “had a dream” I sighed and felt aggravated, but I did as I was told.
Now I find myself paying more attention to my own dreams and intuition. It can’t be a bad thing if it makes us take notice. I can’t help but smile when I think of your mother doing that with the numbers, and the memory of my dad saying “I’ve got a feeling.” Yep, we do become like our parents. If nothing else, it makes us smile and feel close to them. That’s precious.
Many times when I’m driving my wife will point out clouds that “look like” and name a person or animal. Sometimes she claims, “It looks like” and name a dog we had 40 years ago. I just see clouds.
I was told recently by a trustworthy person that Albert Einstein said his understanding of God came through the insights into creation order that he got from math. Among all humanity, those glimpses come in many forms. But we can each appreciate that they exist. Christ’s parables illustrate this well as he used common natural things to represent extraordinary supernatural things. Our own selves being a trinity of spirit, soul and body reflects the Trinity who made us. Sounds like Granny had a particular “bent” of mind (as do we all seeing as how we have one Source) that had her noticing and thinking in particular ways. I am reminded of what Paul said at Athens about “if haply they might feel after Him, and find Him, though He be not far from every one of us…”. Jan Karin wrote one book entitled “Patches of Godlight” (if memory serves) that is short quotes from many people that are about just that – glimpses.
I notice numbers, too. You mentioned that insurance commercial. It bugs me because there’s nothing wrong with turning into my parents. They were the best!
I do that too. I have since I was a child. People have told me it is childish, but I just can’t help but see things that mean something more to me. I wonder if it is amark of some personalities to do that. It is lovely to hear that sweet Granny was the same way. ❤️ I am glad you do it too! Life does mean so much more than we initially see.
Granny would like today.
6-26-26
Am I right?
I notice these symbolisms, too, as I see them as God winking!
Take out the two -2s and what are you left with?
you know the bible talks alot about this. For example 3 is the trinity… 4 represents the seasons : a chang8 nèw beginning, 9 fruits of the spirit ..gèz I can go on and on…even the wings of an eagle…There is a reason for everything. Nothing new under the sun.
7 Devine perfect. on the 7th day He rested
April (our deceased daughter’s name) your comment reminds me of a song I heard maybe by Tex Ritter. It was about a soldier using a deck of cards to remind him of things in the Bible.
It was not Tex Titter but Texas Tyler
April, ( my deceased daughter’s name) I guess you are wondering has Randy gone crazy, I have already done that a long time ago! I had wrote a reply to you that didn’t post. I remember a story song about a soldier telling about a deck of cards and how it remind him of the Bible, I thought it was by Tex Ritter but was wrong,
I wrote two replies that didn’t post either this morning. I guess the internet has hiccups again.
I enjoyed seeing gramdmother Gazzie and grannyisms keep me in your prayers I’ve got some complications, things are not going well, thank you and God bless you
I enjoyed seeing gramdmothet Gazzie and mannerisms, keep me in your prayers I’ve got some complications, things are not going well, thank you and God bless you
Really nothing to do with symbolism I guess but maybe acting more like me. When my son and I are riding together and going somewhere around here, I will point out places or things and tell him about what use to be there or how it use to be. He is now 40 years old and is beginning to do the same thing. He will start out by saying “I remember when,” I will tease him and say “watch out” and tell him you are getting old and starting to sound like me. I can never go to the small country town of Honea Path, SC without thinking about how it used to be on Saturday when I was a young child and the memories of the stores and especially Western Auto, how I wish it was possible to turn back the clock to those simpler and better times -at least they were for me.