PamasHands

Some years ago, a little girl named Eileen boarded a ship leaving Norway, bound for the good old US of A. She left her home country with her father, mother, and twin sister to begin a new life here. She did not speak English, but she and her sister started school and learned English. Their mother, Astri, taught them how to cook, sew, and knit.

Little Eileen grew up, became an accomplished seamstress, married, opened and ran her own tailoring shop, all while raising two sons - Ken and Christopher. As the story goes, Ken had a little bit of difficulty with pronunciation when addressing his grandmothers. "Grandma" came out "Pama," no matter how hard he tried. As it turns out, the endearing name stuck. Pama Astri and Pama Rachel are what both boys called their grandmothers.

As you can probably guess, I married one of those two brothers. Christopher and I have three children, and each one refers to their grandmother, affectionately, as "Pama." As far as I know, she is the only lady living with that title. It does make it tricky to find those grandmother greeting cards! But we wouldn't change it. It's all hers and pretty special. So is she. I could not ask for a sweeter, more loving, or more talented lady as my second mother and as our children's Pama.

For the last 25 years, Pama has been sewing and knitting and sending beautiful things to our three kids. Of course, when little Annie came along 17 years ago, she could not help but be excited about making all kinds of sweet things for her first and only granddaughter. She is one of those ladies that simply cannot sit still without being in the process of creating something. She likes to keep busy and we can only fit so many sweaters in Annie's closet. So, we decided to share Pama's hands with the rest of you. She does lovely work. You will not be disappointed.

Thanks for visiting!
Julie, Annie, and Pama (Eileen)