#grand parents

[alteredstatesstuff]

garden walk

[sabinerondissime]

Aujourd'hui, je suis de garde de mon petit-fils de 2 ans. Comme ses parents travaillent très tôt le matin, il passe la nuit et la journée chez moi. Mon fils souhaitait que je sois la nounou officielle de son fils mais il y a un temps pour tout et un rôle pour chacun ! Moi, je suis la Mamie. J'adore passer du temps avec mon Mimi, mais pas tous les jours, car je suis épuisée à la fin de la journée ! Mais lorsque cela reste ponctuel, c'est un plaisir de jouer avec lui, de lire des histoires, de lui faire gouter des choses et découvrir le quartier, les fleurs, les animaux. Etre mamie, c'est retrouver un peu le temps où nos enfants étaient petits et où nous étions tout pour eux .

[thisautistic]

my grandma's gonna die soon. she's my last gparent. at least I got to 30 with one. lol.

[valwaraneko]

La maison de Pépé

Un endroit féerique pour les yeux d’enfant : un grand verger rempli d’herbes folles et très hautes, un potager, des arbres fruitiers, des arbustes, des buissons, des zones à cailloux, des cachettes, la forêt tout près et beaucoup d’animaux à observer… Et surtout : un grand sentiment de liberté car je pouvais passer des journées entières dehors, dans cette immensité pour mon regard de petite fille.

Des apartés précieux avec mon grand-père, Pépé : des discussions infinies sur le sens de la vie, la foi, la vérité, la mort, les sentiments, les souvenirs et aussi les oiseaux et les arbres (presque tout ce que je sais sur les oiseaux, les arbres et la forêt en général, c’est lui qui me l’a transmis).

Du bonheur à l’état brut, des moments inoubliables avec ce grand-père unique.

D’autres souvenirs moins joyeux aussi car la maison de Pépé était aussi habitée par un prédateur sexuel mais ça je ne l’ai découvert que plus tard…

Je souhaite garder en mémoire uniquement Pépé et Oma (son épouse - ma grand-mère). J’ai de très bons souvenirs avec elle aussi mais ceux avec Pépé m’ont fait grandir en savoirs : j’ai énormément cultivé ma mémoire, fait travailler mon cerveau, me suis nourrie intellectuellement grâce à lui.

La maison de mon grand-père n’était pas très grande, n’était pas très fonctionnelle mais il y faisait chaud en hiver, frais en été ; nous avions un toit sur la tête et la chaleur du foyer.

J’y passais énormément de temps à lire au calme aussi : je dévorais tout ce qui me passait sous les mains. C’était un paradis pour mon apprentissage et pour les autres temps libres.

Tout a disparu sur la carte mais ma mémoire est intacte et personne ne me volera cela.

[rahanereflections]

A story from Rahane Reflections on Medium

Read “Sipping Wisdom: A Life-Changing Chat with My 80-Year-Old Neighbor“ by Rahane Reflections on Medium: https://medium.com/illumination/the-unexpected-wisdom-in-a-cup-of-tea-a-conversation-with-my-80-year-old-neighbor-849bde0f0c3c

[healthylifestyletrends-blog]

How to Take Good Care of Your Grandparents

Caring for your grandparents means being loving and giving toward them. Find ways to be helpful, such as helping them at home or with projects. Treat your grandparents with respect and dignity.

[bloggercookie]

For the One up in the Stars! #40

This is the story of me losing my grandpa to lung cancer in 2015. The void he left behind can't be filled up with anyone else. #worldcancerday #cancer #cancerday2023

A few years ago, around this time of year, I had my engineering finals. I lived in a hostel then. My mom called me every day without fail. Also, my grandpa (mom’s father) called regularly. If there’s anyone else who loves me selflessly like my parents and grandparents do, I don’t know them. Whenever Grandpa called he’d ask if I was eating well and staying fit; he always told me not to worry and…

[causalityparadoxes]

Love how Maomao isnt the 'spawned out of the ether' kind of autistic you often see in media. She is very clearly the daughter of two autistic (& otherwise neurodivergent) people. As well as having, at the very least, an autistic grand uncle.

Like thats some real autistic rep right there. Got a family history of autism, associated trauma and all. I love it.

[tea-cat-arts]

Ranking mxtx couples by whether or not I think they'd be good parents

(I'm 90% sure I'm forgetting someone)

Yep, next question (S)-

Wangxian: tried and tested good dads. I wish them luck with the whole “trying to get wwx pregnant” thing 

They have some shit to work through, but after that I think they'd be fine (A)-

Ling Wen/ Bai Jin: if we're just going off the original publication, I would put them in a much lower tier, but since the revised edition added that thing about them raising orphans together and said orphans turning out alright before unfortunate circumstances, I'm putting them up here. I think they'll be alright once they work through the miscommunication

Xiao Xingchen/ Song Lan: They obviously have a lot of trauma they're working through, but I'd like to think they and A-Qing will be a loving family in the long run 

One of them would be a good parent, the other wouldn't be a bad parent (B)-

Jiang Yanli/ Jin Zixuan: there's no canon reason for me putting them this low. Jin Zixuan just gives off a mediocre parent vibe to me (and we all know Jiang Yanli is the best)

Yushipei: Yushi Huang has good mom energy, and Pei Ming has been shown to be a not terrible mentor. I'd want the misogyny fully beaten out of him with a mace before I'd think he should have kids of his own though 

Lang Qianqiu/ Little Guy: at the very least, they're making sure Guzi is fed, clothed, washed, vaccinated, and has access to education. Neither of them know what they're doing, but I think Little Guy is good at faking it. I wish them luck in their upcoming custody battle  

You know what, surprise me/ I'll hear you out (C)-

Bingqiu: My first instinct is “no, do not bring kids into this,” but then I remembered tharnShen Qingqiu has a surprisingly decent track record? Like, Ning Yingying and Ming Fan both turned out a lot more health than they did in the original novel, and though I wouldn't call him in a good place, Binghe is doing a lot better than Bingge. The wild card for me here is Luo Binghe because I have no idea how he'd be with kids

Quanyin: Yin Yu had a decent track record until he was pushed into snapping. I think rn, he needs a couple centuries of being a babygirl before he's ready to parent again. No idea how Quan Yizhen would do though 

Born to “dual income, no kids, rich uncles/aunts” (D)-

Fengqing: Feng Xin is canonically a bad dad. I know he's working on it, but it is what it is. Mu Qing has been shown to be decent with kids, but I think he’d have a melt down if he had to deal with the mess constantly. 

Hualian: I mean, Xie Lian has raised three kids at this point and one of them became a god, another became state preceptor and then sorta complicit in a genocide, and one became god AND committed genocide + he babysat a ghost king for months and didn't even realize that's what he was because it was a miracle if he remembered to feed him… so, a mixed bag. Hua Cheng may be schrodinger’s child hater, but I'm intrigued by the idea of him raising kids just because I want to know how his own childhood would influence his parenting abilities. They should probably just stick to babysitting for now though 

Mingling: Liu Mingyan is too busy writing gay porn to be dealing with kids, and I just can't imagine Sha Hualing as a mom

Please don't bring a kid into this mess (F)-

Beefleaf: Do I need to explain this one?

Mobeishang: Shang Qinghua should not be put in any position where he has to teach someone about consent (Binghe’s early attempts at flirting being a prime example of why that's a bad idea). I also think Mobei Jun is still working on the whole “why hitting people is not cool” thing. 

QiJiu: I think the original timeline is a prime example of how they're just not in a place to be raising kids 

Jun Wu/ Mei Nianqing: Xie Lian would like a refund on his adopted father figures. They had one kid and he only made it to age 20 because he was cursed to not die

[reidiot]

"maybe try in spanish" oh, how i love you charismatic, determined, sharp-minded, impeccably stylish, beautiful, fiercely competitive, effortlessly charming, daringly bold, relentlessly passionate, breathtakingly talented, strategically astute, world-class, awe-inspiring, unyieldingly ambitious, 1.80m monegasque scuderia ferrari formula 1 driver you're so dear to me you ball full or rage 🖤

[cartoonfan21]

💀The Multiverse Pines Twins Bad End💀

Gnome Queen Mabel (In this timeline, Mabel accepted to become the gnomes new queen. She never had the chance to meet Waddles, Mermando, Candy, and Grenda.)

The Wet Pines Twins (During their hunt for the "Gobblewonker" who was actually Old Man Mcgucket, they drowned while escaping from him.)

The Wax Figures Pines (If the wax figures didn't kill the Pines Twins, but instead turn them into wax figures too.)

Impaled Dipper (If Mabel didn't come in time to find Gideon about impale her brother.)

Smile Dip Mabel / Possessed Mabel (Apparently in this timeline, Mabel died of an overdose from eating too much expired Smile Dip. Which eventually led the ghosts of Ma and Pa Duskerton to control her body.)

Tyrone Pines (Probably Tyrone's ghost returning to threaten Dipper's family and friends to make Dipper comply🤔)

Erased From Existence Pines (By using the Time Tape too many times it caused them to be erased from existence.)

16 - Bits Pixels Dipper (If Dipper actually succeeded in defeating Rumble McSkirmish, he'd be the one suck back into the arcade game. )

Pocket Sized Dipper & Mabel (If Gideon accomplished in capturing Mini Dipper and Mabel.)

Digested Pines Twins (If the Summerween Trickster ate Dipper and Mabel.)

Frozen In Amber Pines Twins (If the twins didn't save Waddles in time or....)

The Zombie Pines Twins (If Dipper and Mabel didn't get away from the zombies in time! Or if Stan didn't save them in time.)

Bipper and Lost Dipper (If Bill succeeded in destroying the journal, he could've made Dipper's body died by suicide! Which could've made Dipper lost in the astral plane for eternity!)

MaBill "Mabel & Bill" (If Mabel actually gave the journal to Bipper, she could've become super depressed, blaming herself for her brother taking drastic measures! Which could've allowed Bill to manipulate her!)

The Blind Eye Pines Twins (If Blind Ivan succeded in erasing the teams memories of their summer, they could've joined the Blind Eye Society.)

Wood Dipper (If Pacifica didn't pull the lever and allowed the townspeople into the mansion's party. The ghost of Archibald could've burned Dipper, Mabel, Pacifica, and everyone else in the mansion!)

The Statue Pines Twins (If Bill captured the Pines Twins he could've killed them way faster and use them as toys to bribe Ford.)

[stealingpotatoes]

Oh my GOD I've fallen down the rabbit hole of your glorious skywalkers apart AU and quite apart from being ABSOLUTELY OBSESSED, I have to know if my boy Cal is around in it?!

yes but i never really developed it!! ok we all know i'm never gonna finish that comic script i'll just tell u guys -- in said script, after leia and anakin free Padme, they find out Luke was taken somewhere else which, after a family recon mission, they find is FORTRESS GODDAMN INQUISITORIUS! (which they assume is bc luke tried to use the force to stop the initial arrest, big mistake huge)

anyway all this to say cal's involvement was a tiny-mentioned cameo to explain why anakin knew how to infiltrate nur (the exact line i wrote in the never-finished-script was "we met this jedi survivor a few years back" + comments abt said survivor inflitrating nur 10 years ago yes it was that unsubtle) -- the idea was they had run into one another on a short mission in the past and then gone their separate ways!

[elyserie]

Fate's Refusal to Honour (or at least properly research) Depictions of Non-Japanese Figures 2: Electric Bogaloo ft. Wandjina from the Current JP Summer Event

Disclaimer: While I am an Australian, I am NOT of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent. Therefore, I am coming at this issue from an outsider's perspective. If there is an Aboriginal person, or more specifically of the Mowanjum people from the Kimberly regions, please PLEASE correct me if I am wrong on any front.

The culprit behind the events of the current Summer story in the JP servers has recently been revealed to be Wandjina, a creator Dreamtime figure from the Mowanjum people's culture.

In any other context, I would be thrilled to have an Australian figure in FGO, but the problem here is the figure they use.

Wandjina are sacred to the Mowanjum people, and therefore one needs to go through Aboriginal Law to obtain the right to use the Wandjina's image.

In Australia, this resulted in an actual conflict between a non-indigenous artist and aboriginals. You can read more here, but one quote to note is from an Aboriginal man of the Darug people, Chris Tobin: "Aboriginal law is very specific on what you can and can't do with wan[d]jinas." Another quote on this topic is made by the owner of an Aboriginal art gallery, Adrian Newstead: "Only a few Aboriginal artists ever win the right to depict wan[d]jina, and only then after years of initiations and ceremonies..."

I am NOT attaching an image of FGO's iteration of Wandjina due to this. Not only is her appearance only Aboriginal on a surface-level with her 'dot art' aesthetic (dot art* is only a recent addition to Aboriginal culture, created back in the 1970s), having no resemblance to an Aboriginal person (note, that while many Aboriginal people are white/pale, FGO continually chooses to depict people of colour as light skinned as possible. And yes, I know she's blue, not white. There is literally no records of her being blue skinned; is this because Wandjina's are associated with rain????) but she is also not very Wandjina looking? These figures do not have mouths, have large eyes meant to resemble the eye of a storm and are typically depicted with elaborate headdresses. That little glowing boomerang on her head is not exactly elaborate. And WHY does she have a boomerang??? Because she's Australian???? By that logic, every Japanese figure needs to have a katana. #GiveMurasakiaKatana2023.

There is also the issue of Cnoc na Riabh. While it is funny to think that she's a foreigner because of an Australian influence, Yaraan-doo is also another Aboriginal figure. And it is slapped onto a white girl for a fan service event. I'd just rather Fate leave Aboriginal culture alone and just do, like, Ned Kelly or something if they're going to continue like this.

More resources and info under the read more!

You'll have noted in the quotes that I've edited an 'n' into wanjinas. This is so I didn't confuse anyone: both can be the correct spelling! I just stuck to what I thought FGO was using for their Wandjina.

Here's an overview of what wandjinas are and their inappropriate use in art: https://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/arts/what-are-wandjinas

Here's another page about an inappropriate use of Wandjinas (note: it's only a short synopsis about a documentary that covered the incident, I'm uncertain if you would be able to get access to the documentary outside of Australia): https://www.creativespirits.info/resources/movies/who-paintin-dis-wandjina

It should also be noted that the two websites I've linked above are from the website Creative Spirits. While it is run by a non-Indigenous person, the person behind it is currently transitioning it to be an Aboriginal owned and run resource. You can read more about how this site is run in his About page.

*If you want to know about dot art's origin, here and here are some resources on them. However, this article brings up something interesting that I would like to bring back to FGO Wandjina's dot art aesthetic. It notes that "the term 'dot painting' stems from what the Western eye sees when faced with contemporary Aboriginal acrylic paintings" (emphasis mine). All three articles note that dots were used to obfuscate sacred symbols and artifacts so that those who were not initiated into their cultures could not see what these figures were. In that case, what the hell is the dot art seen on Fate's Wandjina supposed to represent? In this article, it talks about the symbolism in Indigenous art. Fate's Wandjina has none.

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 155

So, Booster would have loved to know that becoming the equivalent of a Time-Cop would mean meeting what is apparently the primordial being of Time itself. He would have also loved to know it apparently also came with an adoption. And a small child that was apparently supposed to be sixteen but there was apparently some sort of accident in the dimension he (was the kid a boy??) came from. So. 

He had a kid now. He… well shit, he had no clue what to do. Actually, he knows exactly what he’s going to do, he’s going to call Ted. Who will probably have an idea on what to do. Or what a four- oh you’re five? He’d probably have an idea on what a five year old might need. 

He himself would push this hysterical breakdown over the fact he’s apparently now adopted by Time Itself to a later time. A later time when he’s not holding a fragile small child. 

[tamryisk]

TEAM FUTURE!!!