Breaking Ground in the Promised Land: Mary Lund's Letters Home to Denmark from Canada, March-September, 1926

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Keywords

family history, travel, Canada

Abstract

I knew my Grandma Lund as a strong person. She was my Dad's mother, mary, the "tough" grandmaother my parents called on to babysit my older sister, Laurette, and me when they would travel for more than a few days. Mary Lund was a large person, a feature which worked against her in the years I knew her. Her legs were thick and chronic arthiritis did not allow her to walk without discomfort; she remained ever stoic, never complaining even as she winced in obvious pain. She insisted on respect for elder and a strict code of manners at the dinner table. We never crossed her, but we secretly wished she would soften up on the discipline.

Recommended Citation

(1998) "Breaking Ground in the Promised Land: Mary Lund's Letters Home to Denmark from Canada, March-September, 1926," The Bridge: Vol. 21: No. 1, Article 5.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/thebridge/vol21/iss1/5