“My mother went to a school called 'The Club of the Three Wise Monkeys'. And my grandmother, my father's mother, had a gold charm for her made with the speak no, see no, hear no evil monkeys. And I was fascinated by that charm. I'd sit in my mother's lap and play with it all the time.” MadePlaySchoolMotherThreeEvilFatherSpeakWiseGoldClubsCharmGrandmotherFascinatedMonkeysMy GrandmotherLap Author:Mackenzie Phillips
“My father is 100% Japanese and came to the United States when he was only 18 years old. My grandmother still resides in Japan, which has allowed me to travel to the roots of my ancestors with my father.” YearsStillsStatesFatherUnitedUnited StatesRootsJapanGrandmotherAncestorMy Grandmother Author:Apolo Ohno
“My parents, grandmother and brother were teachers. My mother taught Latin and French and was the school librarian. My father taught geography and a popular class called Family Living, the precursor to Sociology, which he eventually taught. My grandmother was a beloved one-room school teacher at Knob School, near Sonora in Larue County, Ky.” SchoolMotherFatherParentRoomsClassTeacherTaughtBrotherBelovedGrandmotherLatinMy GrandmotherSociologyLibrarianGeographyCountySchool TeachersKnobsPrecursorGeography Teachers Author:Sam Abell
“During a visit to California, when a friend of my grandmother's told my parents that I must be deaf because I was not responding to sounds, my father was absolutely convinced that I was simply being stubborn.” FatherParentSoundConvincedCaliforniaGrandmotherStubbornMy GrandmotherDeafRespondingDeafnessBeing StubbornNot Responding Author:Marlee Matlin
“I embrace the criticism, because ultimately (it means) the masses have seen it [my movie]. I embrace it for my father's story, for my mother's story, for my auntie, for my grandmother, who all got their teeth knocked out so I could be [where I am].” MeanStoriesMotherFatherMassCriticismEmbraceTeethGrandmotherMy GrandmotherAuntie Author:Lee Daniels