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Honesty. I Come By It Honestly. Grandfather Edition.

I scaned this photo from the cover of his book, "As I Remember."

Truly I believe honesty is a family trait. I’m not sure how far back it goes, but it goes at least three generations back to my Grandpa Etheridge who was a missionary to Central America. He was known for his complete honesty. One of my favorite memories was when we were all visiting my Aunt Charlotte’s house. Grandpa said, “Charlotte, those are the ugliest pants I’ve ever seen.”

She smiled genuinely and replied, “Carl, I’ve never heard you say anything like that to Frieda (my Mom).”

To which he replied, “I’ve never seen Frieda WEAR anything that ugly.” He never meant any offense. He was just being candid.

Click here to read Honesty.  I Come By It Honestly.  Mom Edition.

Esther

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10 Comments Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged: frank, grandpa, honest

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  1. Danna says

    January 15, 2011 at 7:33 am

    Oh my, that is too funny! Thanks for the morning laugh 🙂

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  2. Robin says

    January 15, 2011 at 7:49 am

    Sounds like I could have got along well with him …

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  3. Lalas Pequenos says

    January 15, 2011 at 9:32 am

    I can’t wait to be an oldtimer!!!

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  4. hopestar says

    January 15, 2011 at 11:01 am

    LOL, well they say honesty is the best medicine:)

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  5. Ken Barnes says

    January 15, 2011 at 11:12 am

    An HONEST verbal portait of my uncle Carl.

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  6. Renee Ann says

    January 15, 2011 at 7:09 pm

    That reminds me of when a woman said to me, “I don’t know when I’ve ever seen you look this nice before!” Ya’ gotta laugh!

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  7. Rachel says

    January 15, 2011 at 10:14 pm

    You probably come from funny stock too by the looks of things!

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  8. Susan Evans says

    January 17, 2011 at 12:13 pm

    LOL!!!!

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  9. mrsmarkdave says

    January 20, 2011 at 4:24 pm

    oh that is great!!!

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  10. Aurelie says

    August 28, 2013 at 9:54 am

    Yep, that was Grandpa for ya. 🙂
    I remember once when I was in my early twenties, he eyed me up and down and said “You have gained a lot of weight”.

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