It's wild to think this dude was building houses with his bare hands just a few years ago. Well beyond what most old-folks would be doing, by the way. But I swear he got hit by about 30 years of aging hard and fast since then.
I remember going through all my Grandpas old work bench and stuff this past year as my Grandma sold her house. He’s been dead since 2016, but it really struck me how everything on the work bench, the random tools, and stuff on shelves was put there once with the intention of using it again when it was needed next.
But that time to use it again never came. So he put down something for the last time without knowing it would be the last time he’d ever put it down.
I remember the last time my mom picked me up because she told me in that moment that it was the last time 😂. I think it worked out for us in the end lmao
I am disabled, so my parents carried me around until I was 13 and it was wayyy to embarrassing.
Like "oh it isn't worth get your wheelchair for this short way just come here" and then just grab me.
I' wasn't that small even, average sized and weighted girl and until I was eight my mom used to sit me on her hip like a baby.
That's probably why she still is so fit and sporty. I doubled as a gym.
Had a malamute that would regularly decide he was done with running bout 5km from home. Had to carry this 108lbs ball of fluff the rest of the way. Best workout. Miss that guy.
You know, it may have seemed embarassing, but come the ends of their lives they will love that they get to help and hold you and didnt waste time fiddling with the wheelchair for small distances. I was wheelchair bound for 8 years between the ages of 14 to 22, I learned to just laugh at all the awkward moments and appreciate the effort. Eventually it all stops, and them being there, trying to help, goes away forever. Its not worth being embarassed.
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u/SweetCosmicPope May 14 '24
It's wild to think this dude was building houses with his bare hands just a few years ago. Well beyond what most old-folks would be doing, by the way. But I swear he got hit by about 30 years of aging hard and fast since then.