Washing dishes in hot sudsy water always connects me with my grandmother.
I need that comfort today as women’s rights are on the line.
Born in 1900, she immigrated to Canada then the US to work in Detroit airplane factories. Having left her pedo husband, she was forced to put her kids in foster homes to stay alive. They never forgave her.
She taught herself the piano & played by ear in honky tonk bars. She performed her own abortion with knitting needle. She survived to 100.
We prevail.
Jeezus. Strong as hell woman. Can't believe her kids never understood the horrible choices she had to make for them all to survive.
My dad's mom had to divorce my grandfather in the early 1930s. The police said it was the only way they could legally stop him from beating the shit out of her.
She raised 4 kids on her own, but it wasn't easy.
Not only did she take her kids back, she also raised me until I was 5.
She taught me everything about unconditional love. 🩷💫🌟