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My grandma’s word for word response when I asked her if she had any advice for living a long life. She lived to be 99 years old. Rest in Paradise Donna.
Dec 8, 2024
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My grandpa once told me:
"Live a worthy life. What makes a life worthy is something only you can define for yourself. So, live a life that feels meaningful to you, as long as it does not prevent others from living theirs. Don't let others define what a worthy life means for you. If for you, a worthy life means building a large family, build it; if it means earning a billion dollars, pursue that goal with all your might; if it means making as many memories as you can, go ahead; if it means being religious and praising God, do so. Live your worthy life and ignore anyone who tells you otherwise."
I couldn't find this quote anywhere so I think it was his own wisdom. Rest in Peace grandpa❤️
Jun 8, 2024
There were two Margarets in our family; she was 5’1” hence the nickname.
Born in County Clare 🇮🇪 - I doubt she even knew her real mom - and raised in poverty in LA by a relative once she had landed in the U.S.
She made amazing oatmeal and tuna sandwiches when I was sad; she lived close enough to my parents that sometimes I would walk home to her house instead of my parents’ on the way home from school.
I went through confirmation only because of her (didn’t believe much in Catholicism otherwise and still don’t).
I lived with her for awhile one summer during college. She was an amazing roommate. I learned so much about life and our family.
She was my favorite human, our family matriarch / badass and I miss her everyday.
Thanks Gran ❤️
Feb 5, 2024
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living with your grandmother
for any parasocial bitch that could possibly gaf
and knows about niche internet celebs like me:)
i took the semester off because of my brain and im living w my grandmother in the city in the smallest state of the world.
my grandmother is loud and asks me uncomfortable questions but Im going to blame it on her age and not get angry
she has so little time
they were talking abt alzeimhers meds at dinner and I really hope I don’t get it
the man there was talking about his pastrami parties where they all get around the table and pick add the fresh peppery pastrami sizzling out of the oven
and how his father used to make pastrami in Brooklyn
and that he had a pastrami business
anyway
an elderly woman just explained to me her peace and acceptance towards her own death
If I go I go she said
thinking why some people can go and be all peace and noncommittal
what luck
and privilege! to sacrifice your body and time to ur kids and ur husband and ur work and still have enough
to have a country and community that loves you
to be seen as worth peace even in death
Apr 12, 2024
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