Grandma - Auntie Lou, Louise Luetzow Beck

I want to write about my Grandma, but didn't know how or where to start. So I asked the advice of a friend who is a writer, her advice was right. Those of you who know Grandma B., knew what a kind, gentle and truly wonderful person she was. She was born in 1903, the oldest of two children, she lived to be one hundred years old, but that doesn't really say who she was and why she made such an impact on my life. She was my best friend, always at my side, always in my corner, always letting know what I meant to her, never asking for anything in return. Grandma, didn't have a bad life, but it wasn't always easy either. She lost her father to a heart attack when he was only 35 and she was 12. She continued her education and helped her mother with the household and with her brother. She graduated from Milwaukee's trade school for young woman, she learned how to manage a household and learned the trade of millinery. Life went on and she married my Grandpa. Grandma, brought up to do what was right, brought her mother and brother into their home and her mother lived with them until her death (at 53) and her brother struck out on his own when he came an adult. Along with taking care of her immediate family she helped other family members, she found it in herself to help her brother-in-law with his children, when needed, and continued nurturing as “Auntie Lou” to Bud's children. I've been trying to think of a saying that Grandma used to use to inspire me, but I don't think she said any one thing. She used to “tsktsktsk” and kind of wag her finger at bad things. What I really took away from knowing my grandma, was honesty and gentleness. She really lived the saying “Treat others as you would want to be treated”