How my grandmother married me.

When my grandmother was 14, she went to church in a neighboring village. Returning home to her village, she told her mother that after the prayer, an adult woman approached her and asked her what her name was, what her name was and from what village. She then asked if she would marry her son Daniel. The girl responded with consent. My mother asked if she knew this woman. The girl replied that, of course, does not know. So how did you agree to answer unknown to whom? But you’ve always taught me how to talk polite to adults!

A week later the bridesmaids arrived and the wedding was held. In the end, they had 16 children. Some of them died in the First World War, others in the Second. As an adult, I knew three of her daughters (one of them my mother) and one son. The total number of grandchildren is unknown. I knew a small portion of them. The village of Tula. There is no more on the map. Although I remember her very well.

My grandfather’s granddaughter is almost 80 years old.