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aliosne · 3 months

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My mother tells a lot of stories and admittedly my memory is undependable but every now and then she’ll start an anecdote like “as I’m sure you’re tired of me saying” as tho it’s going to be the most boring fact ever conceived and then drop “i met Tommy Douglas multiple times as a child”

#for those who aren’t Canadian or who were asleep during that social studies class #he was the guy who spearheaded our whole free healthcare Thing #after being on the ground for how brutal the 30s were for rural folks in the prairies #and apparently he was just a very kind man #he moved out west towards the end of his life and my grandparents were Politically Active so that’s how they crossed paths #Mum wouldve been just a little kid at the time #but apparently he would talk to her like he took her seriously #like this weird little kid living in poverty could have opinions and ideas that mattered #some people are capital-P Politicians in the sense that they’re slimy all the way to the tips of their toes #and some people are capital-P Politicians in that they’re genuinely interested in the people of their city/province/country #and want to find ways to make those people’s lives better #and you know chaboy is a staunch leftist but I truly believe that transcends ideology #anyway idk. it was like my equivalent of someone dropping that they hung out with an Olympian or whatever #which tbf my mum also does #also i keep telling her: i love hearing stories over and over again #BECAUSE my memory is not great and also bc im adhd and I literally!! don’t mind having the same conversations #also there’s always some new angle to it #it was fascinating years ago to do an assignment where I interviewed her about my (and my siblings’) births #and compare my recollected Tale with one particular telling from her #some of that’s telephone. some of that’s that the way she tells the story when trying to Provide A Factual Account #might be different from when she’s trying to emphasize the magicalness of it #or her frustration with my father #or what a comedy of errors it was #tell me stories fifty times. then tell me them again. i love you.

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