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hunter

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36. One of my great grandmothers who lived an almost idyllic rural life in a clean environment...

Reply to Iwasthere (Reply #33)

Sun Nov 23, 2025, 03:11 PM

Nov 23

... and ate all natural foods became a danger to herself and others when her brain started to fail in her mid eighties.

At first it was small things but soon her family had to take away her car and guns and knives. Then they had to watch her 24/7 so she wouldn't wander off. Etc..

My mom mostly shielded me and my siblings from all of that, so I remember my great grandmother as a bright, cheerful, strong, practical woman who didn't take shit from anyone.

It must have been horrible for everyone to watch her fade away.

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One of my great grandmothers who lived an almost idyllic rural life in a clean environment... hunter Nov 23 #36

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