It is very sad. One of them was a woman beater so I'm not sure his personality. My grandmother used to go to church with black eyes, so I have been told. But my other grandfather was the life of the party. I heard he was a very large jovial character. ( not in body, he was very well put together, handsome man.) Aside from his self-taught instruments he built his own house. So he was definitely a fine man, in the traditional sense. My mother's father died when she was 8 and my father lost his dad of three. That is really the circumstance that sort of ruined our family. My grandmother could not handle losing her husband, after she lost her father at 16 too. (My great-grandfather walked out of his house for work, took a swig of milk from the porch, choked on the thick cream and died in the street.)
After my grandfather died, his family tried to take over parenting the kids. Which my grandmother did not accept happily. They shipped my father off to Girard College in Philadelphia. At the time it was a home for boys without fathers. I can't even begin to imagine the abuse that he either suffered or fought to not suffer but I think it ruined him because he was always a very angry man. He definitely had a little bit of that jovial character that my grandfather had but he never let it shine and he did not have a talking relationship with my sister & I. Anyway I'm babbling now about all the family problems but losing that one grandfather, had a significant impact on everyone else. All those wonderful things your grandfather taught you, my parents didn't even teach me anything. They literally plopped me in front of the TV and said be a good girl or will beat your butt. And he did, often.
I think I'm actually used to loss at this point so I'm not sure working with seniors would do me more harm than good. I would love to sit and listen to happy life stories. Mothers who did Good by their children and fathers who were there for them.
How did I end up with five lol? Well, let's see.. I had two best friends in elementary school. When I entered Middle School I switched them. Then those two best friends actually moved the same month of the same year to within 30 miles of each other in the next state away. So I lost them at the same time. Ended up with two new best friends for high school. I still talk to one of them sometimes but we had a falling out because our men were doing drugs behind our back and I made a stink and she did not. The other one was just a party friend so she wandered away when I had a baby. Then I had two best friends I met at two different jobs. I made them friends but at the start of the pandemic when they were both fearful of covid and hating Trump they could not take my happiness. But this was also after years of me bitching about certain things they were tired of hearing it I think. Now I have two that seemingly understand me but I don't keep them too close because I'm not really interested in BFFs anymore.
Okay well thank you for that morning therapy session. That went well. Lol.
I forgot to updoot! But I definitely will go back when I remember from time to time and catch them.
And what other interesting jobs have you had over the years?? What job took you farthest away from your original home?
It is very sad. One of them was a woman beater so I'm not sure his personality. My grandmother used to go to church with black eyes, so I have been told. But my other grandfather was the life of the party. I heard he was a very large jovial character. ( not in body, he was very well put together, handsome man.) Aside from his self-taught instruments he built his own house. So he was definitely a fine man, in the traditional sense. My mother's father died when she was 8 and my father lost his dad of three. That is really the circumstance that sort of ruined our family. My grandmother could not handle losing her husband, after she lost her father at 16 too. (My great-grandfather walked out of his house for work, took a swig of milk from the porch, choked on the thick cream and died in the street.)
After my grandfather died, his family tried to take over parenting the kids. Which my grandmother did not accept happily. They shipped my father off to Girard College in Philadelphia. At the time it was a home for boys without fathers. I can't even begin to imagine the abuse that he either suffered or fought to not suffer but I think it ruined him because he was always a very angry man. He definitely had a little bit of that jovial character that my grandfather had but he never let it shine and he did not have a talking relationship with my sister & I. Anyway I'm babbling now about all the family problems but losing that one grandfather, had a significant impact on everyone else. All those wonderful things your grandfather taught you, my parents didn't even teach me anything. They literally plopped me in front of the TV and said be a good girl or will beat your butt. And he did, often.
I think I'm actually used to loss at this point so I'm not sure working with seniors would do me more harm than good. I would love to sit and listen to happy life stories. Mothers who did Good by their children and fathers who were there for them.
How did I end up with five lol? Well, let's see.. I had two best friends in elementary school. When I entered Middle School I switched them. Then those two best friends actually moved the same month of the same year to within 30 miles of each other in the next state away. So I lost them at the same time. Ended up with two new best friends for high school. I still talk to one of them sometimes but we had a falling out because our men were doing drugs behind our back and I made a stink and she did not. The other one was just a party friend so she wandered away when I had a baby. Then I had two best friends I met at two different jobs. I made them friends but at the start of the pandemic when they were both fearful of covid and hating Trump they could not take my happiness. But this was also after years of me bitching about certain things they were tired of hearing it I think. Now I have two that seemingly understand me but I don't keep them too close because I'm not really interested in BFFs anymore.
Okay well thank you for that morning therapy session. That went well. Lol.
I forgot to updoot! But I definitely will go back when I remember from time to time and catch them.
And what other interesting jobs have you had over the years?? What job took you farthest away from your original home?