Brass coffee urn or samovar.

I had a wonderful mother in law.....she never gave advice unless we asked for it. I know she must have really had to bite her tongue not to tell me what I was doing wrong but she let my DH and I raise our children. I am trying to live up to the standards my MIL set. I trust my DS and his wife to raise their children in the best way they know how. I would say something if I suspected child abuse or sexual abuse but nothing else.

PS. Another thing that really gets to me is that I have a child on the way. My first one, though it would have been my great-grandma's FIFTH great-great-grandchild. Family was more important and specail to her than anything else in the world. She was SO HAPPY when I told her that we were expecting. She was just thrilled. We found out ourselves a couple of weeks after she had broken her hip. However my great-grandma already knew! She tried to talk one of my aunts into believing that my wife was pregnant, and after my aunt kept telling her that wasn't the case, great-grandma said "we'll see" and had a very smug look on her face. She knew before we knew! Oh how I wish that Great Grandma Annie could have lived long enough to hold my baby in her arms at least once. It's not due til July, but I thought she might be able to hang in there. I really did. I thought she'd be up and walking again too after her hip healed. Even if only for a while. I thought she had months left, not just weeks. And the fact that she was taken from us right at the beginning of the holiday season also just kills me on the inside. We were so close to having just one more with her. So close. Why were we robbed of it? I know she'll be and is with us all in spirit, but I can't hug a spirit. The loss of the physical touch is the most painful of all. Oh what I'd give to see her smile, hear her laugh, hear her voice, and give her a great big hug just one more time.....

The recipe below sounds like your description of your Grandmother's biscuits. With biscuits, you need to have cool hands & not overwork the dough. I hope this is what you wanted. Here is a link that might be useful: Biscuits