rolemodel- my great-grandmother
this picture has made me think:
What you see here is my daughter showing her great-granddad how to play “snake” on her mommy’s phone.
Granddad just laughed and said that it was incredible how things have changed.
I highly respect old people. They are a huge bunch of wisdom and stories. Granddad has lived a life full of technology – even though he might not have notised it, it’s the timeperiod of his life that has made a huge impact for the world ( industrilization, consumer capitalism etc). So I thought I would tell you the story of one of my great rolemodels in my life.
now my great-grandmother ever passed away in 2003.
I still miss her terribly to this day, especially her take on society and her stories – she didn’t get to meet my daughter, but Im sure she knows what a great girl she is.
She was born in 1912 during world war I – her mom and dad was the leaders of the spiritual society in Elsinore so she was razed amongst ghosts and spirits and what-have-you.
She had the nazis digg up her and her husbands garden during world war II searching for guns sent to the danish saboteurs, (yes my great grandfather was a saboteur – who survived the war and has saved a “bunch” of lives sailing jews from Elsinore to Sweden during nighttime throughout the war).
She was one of the people that was “saved” by the socialdemocraticĂ‚Â party of Denmark when they created the danish welfare system.
She saw the development of the car – like from one of the first fords to today almost.
She saw the development of many technologies – not fully grasping them but being very interested in all of them.
She sailed alot and meant a lot for the local sailing community – especially since her husband (my great grandfather) where one of the greatest sailors who lived in Elsinore (he amongst other things won the Sealand Cup ( a danish race around sealand) 10 years in a row in the 50s)
she out-lived her daughter – which broke a small part of her spirit i’m sure….
I remember when I was a kid that I used to get her to try out Giana Sisters on my commodore 64 – which she loved, I am sure she would have been in technology if she where alive and kickin in her late 20s today.
she was really living – grasping everyting from smiles, laughter to tears and grief… and she still means the world to me…
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