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#GrandfatherTaughtMe
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1: #grandfathertaughtme
Literally. One died when I was a baby and the other I saw maybe a few times in my life. It's not a funny answer, but I didn't know any of my grandparents in any meaningful way.
How to re-animate deceased tissue... and put on a show! But I missed the part about freaking out over fire.
Redemption to the light is for the weak. Or is that, remaining enslaved to the dark is for the weak??? OK, Whatevs, pop-pop!
My #grandfatherTaughtMe how to fight, old fashioned stuff like wrong and right
All around I see his morals, buried in a mess of money troubles
Born in a mining town in '58, where black-and-white TV was up-to-date
And men were still around, who fought for freedom, stood their ground and died
"Frieren müssen nur arme und dumme Leute."
"Es gibt kein schlechtes Wetter, nur falsch angezogene Leute."
The only thing a turn signal means is they ain't going 'up.'
How to get the girl.
He sold makeup door to door. He knocked on grandma's door. Talked her into letting HIM putting on some makeup. Told her how pretty she was, and then he kissed her.
"Auzubillah" is not the nasty, vulgar, clutching-my-pearls oh-my-virgin-ears Arabic swear word I thought it was, because my father would yell it while driving in Boston traffic in the 1980s.
No, it means something totally innocuous like, "God build a stone wall around my person to protect me from evil spirits" if you're a Levantine Greek Catholic like he was, or "I find refuge in Allah" if you're Muslim. Thanks Grandpa Sami for clearing that up.
Don’t drive on the day of.
How to shout at clouds
Eat up! You never know when your next meal is gonna be!”
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He didn't teach me anything because I didn't know him. Either grandpa in fact.
I guess he taught me that it's important to foster a relationship between your parents and your kids, which I'm doing with mine.
Coin collecting.
Most of life’s problems can be solved with power tools.
How to fish.
How to turn a wooden bowl so the turned lid fits just right.
How to tumble rocks, and set gems in silver buckles.
How to find treasure in driftwood.
How to grieve with gentle grace.
If ya can't beat it into 'em, preach it into 'em.
(Was a champion welterweight boxer in Kansas, moved to Cali and became a Missionary Baptist preacher - had the biggest fists of any man I've ever met.
And the kindest heart.)
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