the death of vocation and the loss of place account for the nomadic living my family has experienced. my grandmother was born in san fransisco with no family history. my grandfather was born on a dairy farm that no longer exists. one of my great great etc. grandfathers died while he and his son (my ancestral father) crossed the river to enter pennsylvania. his son watched him drown. but then i was born in colorado, and my siblings now live in ohio. i have never seen a gravestone bearing my family’s name.
Dec 16, 2024
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i love having insane family lore like a family member that died on the titanic (she was 3rd class and moving to the us at 21) and a great grandpa who was in a plane that crashed in the wilderness
my grandpa has a whole room full of archives about our family which I feel like I definitely didn't appreciate as a kid but now think is very cool
Nov 9, 2024
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When my grandma's sister passed away around the time my mom was 10 (this was 1982), her husband decided to not really speak to my grandma's side of the family even though my mom and grandma had a really good relationship with their kids (my mom's cousins) and they didn't really communicate with each other as much, and two of their kids ended up becoming pretty well known (one is a chef and the other does stuff with MSNBC) so now I have famous relatives who I only met once when I was 5. They live far away from me and I'm pretty sure they have no idea who I am, and my grandma's sister's husband lives in my state like 30 mins away from me and runs a doctor's office but I have never seen him in my life for the reasons mentioned above. So yeah I have a whole side of my family I don't really know at all. It's also crazy how my mom just casually told me this.
Through that grandparent I'm also related to another bunch of well-known people who came from a town/city in Slovakia according to ancestry.com (back when it was called Austria-Hungary) who likely have no idea of my family's existence but that's a whole different story
Jul 7, 2024
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My maternal grandfather was a general and buried with a neatly folded American flag. My paternal grandfather was a violinist and an attorney.
His grandfather was blindfolded, forced to kneel, and shot in the back, murdered by Spanish conquistadors. There is a statue of him and 12 others in his hometown. For uprising against enslavery and protecting our people from Spain.
My Dad taught me to carry God in my heart, not in the church. It was a neighbor's confessional that *named names* and had them killed. Are you in heaven now? Was it your salvation? Did the priests pardon you and save your soul for sacrificing your people?
My parents tried to keep me quiet and avoid calling racism what it is.
For your safety. For your safety.
Stay alive.
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i have never seen a movie better than Bones and All. there is nothing better. america is lonely.
Dec 17, 2024
good for the rain. good for every fit. imperialistic? a little. “we come from america to save your country.“ bars. this squadron flew over china in the pacific theater to repel the japanese invasion. they weren’t too successful, but it’s a valiant cause. also it’s comfortable and looks good.
i found it in the basement of my dorm building. i left it there for a week. nobody claimed it. it’s mine. it found me. i found it.
Dec 17, 2024
“And the Savior knew that, even though he gave himself up completely, He was not saving that Judas, whom he loves. And it was then he knew infinite suffering.”
When I was 12, my friend Henry died in a car accident. He should not have been there. He died a fool, and was surrounded by fools. He snuck out of the house and died in a car accident. He denied Christ beforehand.
But I must believe He is merciful, that He is loving, because that is what we have been told of Him.
Peter denied, and Jeannette claims she would not have. But Peter was saved.
Children bring such suffering. “What a pity, it was a life that had so well begun.” Mary wept and was so sorrowful she seemed to have aged a decade in three days. What is this suffering? Henry’s mom, too. She brought into the world something so brief, and it ended like this.
I hope that he will be loved like Peter.
Dec 27, 2024