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My autistic grandfather dutifully cared for his wife (the grandmother I never got to meet) at the end of her fight with breast cancer.

Grandma Mary really wanted marijuana joints to cope with her pain, but the doctors only permitted her to use morphine (this was in the late 1970's). She couldn't administer it to herself so my grandfather injected it into her veins for her.

He told me this story one summer day when I was over at his apartment with my father. I was 10 years old at that time .

What prompted the story was grandpa Bill giving us a tour of his tackle box. I saw a syringe next to the rubber worms, and I asked what it was for. He explained that the fake worms injected with air made them seem life like to the fish, they'd wriggle about in the water, and were more likely to get a bite.

Then, he paused and told the story of that needle, and what it was originally for. After grandma Mary died, he kept all those remnant from that time, and everything seemed to have a repurpose . I watched him grimace as he took the morphine syringe in his hand and he angrily snapped it in two, and threw it away.

That was the first time I ever seen the gentle man look angry, actually, full of rage.

Only now, as I lay here in the hospital bed, after having a dose of Dilaudid, as the burning hot pain relief sears through my veins and breaks open my weary heart. I feel my grandmother, and I didn't have to meet her, to begin to feel her pain.

I feel grandpa's pain too. Repurposing the hurtful memories, the tools we are are actually given , when what we needed was something totally different. The autistic tendency to survive and "make due" with rampant unfairness.

#memories #pain #chronicIllness #cancer #autism #GoldenGeneration #millenials #thoughts #family #FamilyHistory

As I age I become more accutely aware I need to start recording #FamilyHistory for my kids. I've started several times but haven't found a system. I learned most of it by the #OralTradition and have tried that with them, but often when they repeat/remind me of something they've altered it just enough to be significantly wrong.

Visited an elderly friend of my late Grandmother’s today for a cuppa and a catch up. Pat helped put some names to faces in an old family photo album.

I learnt today that one of my Grandfathers (Harry Pond) worked at the Co-op stables, as a Baker, and during WWII was in the Tank Regiment. By all accounts he was a ‘loveable rogue’.

It’s scary how quickly between the generations knowledge can be lost.

#IsleOfWight #FamilyHistory

Asked the Curious Descendants Club members to note down all the different topics they could timeline in order to help understand their ancestors lives. Would love to hear your suggestions too! #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

Time for a quick pre-workshop desk tidy before I help the Curious Descendants Club members delve into Timeline Tips & Tricks for writing #FamilyHistory narratives (that don't bore non #Genealogy folk to death)!

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I've been quite intrigued that one of my Great Aunts born in the 1860s had the middle name of Garibaldess. Turns out she was born the year after Garibaldi, revolutionary, republican and unifier of Italy, visited Britain to be greeted by adoring crowds #FamilyHistory...

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Struggling to define your 2023 #Genealogy goals? Here's some help! #FamilyHistory
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Christmas has been very busy and I've struggled to fit in any #FamilyHistory. Hope you've all had more #Genealogy success?

Neighbour came over for drinks last night, so of course I ended up doing her family tree on my phone whilst we chatted & she looked at me like I was a magician! #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

Thanks @JenniferIHart@twitter.com for bringing this to my attention. What a fantastic idea, and using my favourite resource! #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

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@JennaPrice@twitter.com @TroveAustralia@twitter.com Researching family history, I stumbled across intriguing items in the "Missing Friends" section such as this one. I used them as writing prompts and wrote replies.

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My Webster branch lived at No 13 & No 18 here before getting behind in the rates & doing a moonlit flit to Conduit Court. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

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The Lamb and Flag pub in Rose Street, near Covent Garden, photographed by my father in 1948, from my post on the history of the pub at https://alondoninheritance.com/londonpubs/the-lamb-and-flag-rose-street/

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This was so much fun. There's a wealth of resources for #Genealogy online. Here's a few of my favourites! #FamilyHistory

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The #ReallyUsefulPodcast Series 2: Episode 2!

'Online Resources'

With the amazing Kelly, Natalie and Margaret (@Whoamiftr@twitter.com, @geneastories@twitter.com & @Researchdogbody@twitter.com)

Listen in: https://familyhistoryfederation.com/podcast 📻 #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

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People often discount themselves from roles like trusteeship, assuming they have to have had previous experience. Don't rob yourselves of a great opportunity to get involved with an organisation passionate about the value of #FamilyHistory & it's future! #Genealogy

Got the crochet out. Haven't done it for 10 years. Now sat with my Mum and my daughter, all having a go. Imagining all the generations of women who've done this. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

Saw this in Dorchester charity shop, unfortunately closed. A little sad to see a family treasure up for sale. Would love to open in & see if it's been used as a family bible. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

A few episodes of #TwiceRemoved touch on Disability History, which we celebrate this month. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
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Those looking to write their #FamilyHistory in 2023, what do you most need help with, select how to options below or comment with your Other suggestions! #Genealogy

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Those looking to write their #FamilyHistory in 2023, what do you most need help with, select how to options below or comment with your Other suggestions! #Genealogy​