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Popehat@kenwhite.bsky.social |
/2 There were absolutely no guarantees that everything would be all right. Terrible things were happening and more terrible things were a distinct possibility. But they got through it, relying on the fundamental things they cared about.
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Meg
@prayingmantis.bsky.social
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My maternal grandmother (b.1919) told me that in the 30s & 40s she & her friends would talk about how it felt like the end of the world. But it wasn't. I cling to this whenever it feels like the end of the world.
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Sean Flaim
@seanflaim.bsky.social
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Traumatized for life though. My Grandmother saved every scrap and refused to throw things out due to her childhood during the Depression.
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Don Quixote Kong Country
@pork.bsky.social
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I need to leave a time capsule for myself with a note: "get therapy"
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Popehat
@kenwhite.bsky.social
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/3 I think about Grandma taking a taxi to the hospital to have my mom, forbidding my grandpa’s parents from calling him to let him know — he was on base studying for the supply officer test the next day, and doing well would determine where he was assigned, and maybe whether he’d live or die.
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CodeMaxX
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Feels like we're slow walking to the end of America.
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Kyan!
@littlekyan.bsky.social
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I just made the comment to someone that none of us are guaranteed comfort but that doesn't mean we can't still survive hard times.
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