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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 donāt 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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My grandmother got dementia this past year and for months I was scared to go up to visit her because she felt distant, and I didn't really know how to talk to someone with dementia.
Eventually I got over myself and started visiting her a couple times a week. Often she wouldn't know who I was, but her face always lit up whenever she saw me that it didn't matter in the end.
One day, I was helping her walk to her room to lay down, when she looked at me with such alertness in her eyes and started asking me all about how my job was doing, stories she remembers about me, and telling me how she feels in her day to day. We talked for almost an hour like this before she lapsed back into a more confused state.
Looking back, I realized that must have been the most I talked to her in one sitting and although that filled me with a lot of regret and guilt, I am so grateful I got the chance to connect with her before it was too late.
She's in a nursing home now, and doesn't recognize me anymore, and that's okay.
May 15, 2025
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iām lucky enough still have a grandmother in my mid 30sāwhich I think is an age where youāre settled enough to finally get to know your adult family members on a personal level. The generation gap definitely means Iām always on my toes when we hang out cos I can never predict what sheās gonna do, but sheās funny and wise, makes friends wherever she goes, doesnāt give af, is a mean cook, can do quiet company like no one else, and loves me to smithereens.
Dec 4, 2024
There were two Margarets in our family; she was 5ā1ā hence the nickname.
Born in County Clare š®šŖ - 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 parentsā on the way home from school.
I went through confirmation only because of her (didnāt believe much in Catholicism otherwise and still donāt).
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 ā¤ļø
Feb 5, 2024
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