When I asked my mom about traits of her mother, she told me this story about her mom's sense of humor:
"My mom always tried to make us laugh when things were difficult. It was the Depression when we were young and I remember one day the six of us were all sitting around the table complaining and grumbling. We had so little during that time. Mom got up, took out her dentures and put a teaspoon in her mouth, hanging it out like a pipe. She then did a little a dance around the table, singing "I'm Popeye the sailor man..." until all of us were laughing so hard."
(I remember my grandmother as a tiny woman and I can see her in my mind's eye dancing and trying to cheer up her children during those hard times.)
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