My grandfather, my heritage

  Rev. David W Tschetter, what else is there to say, the name speaks volumes to me.  The blog is to short, the history is long.  When you see the picture that is posted today it will always be a blog about this couple.

  My grandfather was born on October 29,1882 the 12th. child of immigrant parents Paul and Maria Tschetter.  D.W and Anna had 7 children my mother was the baby of the family.  The first 6 years of my parents married life we lived with grandpa and grandma.  That's why he had such a influence on my life.  I was his shadow, most of the time he was my daycare center.

  The things that I remember most involved his horses Jenny and Mat.  They were a team but Mat wasn't a team player.  Once when we went to clean up the prairie hay stake remains.  Grandpa didn't realize that he had thrown  a ant hive onto the wagon.  Well as we were going home Mat decided he didn't want to pull his share of the load.  Grandpa was angry!  He had the remedy!  He took the 3 tined pitch fork and applied it to Mats lazy hind quarters.  The horse lunged forward, and I fell backward, right into the ant hive mistakenly loaded with the hay.  I learned in a few minutes  that red ants in a confined area bite.  I had ants in my pants.  Thankfully we weren't far from home, a cool dip in the stock tank relieved the pain.  He planted corn with this team, plant 15 minutes, pray 10 minutes.   This is how most of the day went.  He stopped the planting, knelt down on the ground and prayed.  I often wonder how many times it was for me.

    This is a good place to tell a grandma story.  I was having a eye issue, pink, swollen, and mattering.  My great grandpa Glanzer was a make believe doctor, she must have learned from him. The cure all that she prescribed rubbing alcohol!  If you can imagine how  rubbing alcohol feels in your eyes, the ants were a walk in the park

  Three things that are outstanding in my mind about my grandparents, they were a team, they worked  together, they read the word, they prayed.  They were a real team.  I was blessed to have there influence in my life.  When my grandpa passed there were close to 700 people at his funeral he had a influence on many.  Just a few of many memories and when the Lord shows me another and the influence it had on my life I'll share with you.