teeyame: Official Liverpool FC Swoosh shirt

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

Official Liverpool FC Swoosh shirt

It’s insane to me what that generation went through and how much the Official Liverpool FC Swoosh shirt has changed since. One of my favorite humans ever was a neighbor named Ulla who was a German-born Jew who had to be smuggled out of the country shortly after Kristallnacht. She was only a young teen at the time. How she managed to somehow assimilate to a new culture and language with a random family that took her in is amazing to me. Then she goes on to have a career in neuroscience, then art collecting, then she moves to the states and runs a museum, starts charities, etc. Obviously none of those experiences were common for women at the time, and all of these accomplishments are a big deal for anyone all on their own. I met her when I was a kid because she liked to forage for these huge white mushrooms in our backyard, and once we became friends, she would show up at our house on weekends with homemade cosmos and beautiful gifts of handmade pottery whenever she felt like it. She lived the most difficult, accomplished, insane life of anyone I ever met and was so incredibly humble about all of it literally until the day she died. She was so sharp and capable all the way to the end, but had absolutely no problem admitting that times have changed and it would be so helpful for me to come and set up her new TV, for example, because I can do that better than her but she can make a better kugel than me so she can cook dinner while I fix her electronics. What an insane century to have lived through. To go from the days of hand cranked radios and Hitler, to smartphones and the fall of the Soviet union, is absolutely mind blowing to me. Especially to live through all that and keep a humble sense of humor…I’m amazed by people who lived through WW2. Yet Ulla would say “oh don’t worry about all that, just enjoy life, have another zipshun (her word for a smidge more to drink…often more than a smidge haha) and fuck anyone who tries to stop you from being who you are

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