Remembering

Here's this week's entry from "To Our Children's Children".

I had to cheat this week as the first question I picked asked me if the milkman delivered milk to the porch or if we had eggs delivered. Um....no.

I flipped again and got this one.

Chapter: Your Family and Ancestry
Question: What did your dad do for a living? Your mom? Your grandparents?

Here's what is funny. I can't tell you that I've ever quite figured out what my dad did. I know that he has a background in being a med. tech but by the time I remember him going to work he was in suits, not a lab coat and it had something to do with selling medical stuff. I know he'll read this and shake his head because he's tried to explain it before...something about tests to calibrate machines or now something about working for a blood bank. Yeah, I don't get it. I never quite knew what my mom did either except that she was in a lab. I think my standard answer was "My dad sells tests to labs and my mom makes sure they do the tests right". And the tradition continues with my husband. I know he's a geologist but what he actually does all day completely eludes me. Of course, since I left working as a librarian, my girls have no clue what I do. They aren't even sure I work as telling them I work from home doesn't seem to make sense to them.

My grandparents on my dad's side had an insurance agency (I think....) and my grandmother on my mom's side was a journalist (I have old clippings from her column so I know I'm right on this one).