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#IRySart
“How are you my grandpa?”
“… because I love you.”
Abdul El-Sayed was five years old when he asked his grandfather Jan Johnson a question.
“Grandpa, how are you my grandpa?”
His grandparents-Jan and Judy had helped raise Abdul in Michigan, and until then Abdul had never had much reason to think about how they were related. But he had begun to notice that he looked nothing like either of them.
Abdul was 3 when his parents divorced. His father, Mohamed, later married Jackie Johnson, who helped raise him. Abdul called her Mom. So when he asked Jan how he could be his grandpa, Jan gave him a simple answer. Jackie was Jan’s daughter, and Jackie was Abdul’s mom. Then Jan added, “And because I love you.”
When Abdul was older, he spent summers with his father’s family in Alexandria, Egypt. His grandmother there was Soad. She cooked over a small burner with one pot, and Abdul loved to listen to her tell stories. At the end of the summer, he would go back to Michigan, to a cottage on a lake that had been in Jackie’s family for generations. He remembers trying to explain Soad to Grandma Judy. Even now, he says, it is hard to imagine either of his grandmothers knowing what to make of the other’s life.
Soad never got to go to school. She had eight children, and two of them died before their first birthdays. When Abdul talked about her as an adult, he still counted those two babies as the aunt and uncle he would have had. Soad used to remind him that he and his cousins in Egypt were no different from one another. He had simply been given chances they had not . As such, she expected him to do something with those opportunities.
Abdul thought about Soad years later when he began looking at how long people lived. By his reckoning, there was a gap of about ten years in life expectancy between the part of Michigan where he grew up and Egypt. But what bothered him was that he could find a gap about as large much closer to home. He could get on the freeway in suburban Oakland County, drive south into Detroit and see it in less than half an hour.
After medical school, Abdul took on the job of rebuilding Detroit’s health department.
Isitoshe,
When Abdul ran for the U.S. Senate, Jan and Judy sat together in front of a camera. They told Michigan voters that they had helped raise him. Jan talked about how Abdul had helped children get eyeglasses through his work in public health. Then he mentioned something from their own life that had never been on the news. Their grandson still bought their groceries every week.
On Tuesday, Michigan elected Abdul El-Sayed to the United States Senate. When he takes office, he will be the first Muslim ever to serve in the chamber.
May the day break
From a fellow millennial to another: gonna need Senator El-Sayed to debate Medicare For All against Senator Jacobs.
The debate will take place in
HELL
IN
A
CELL
… Winner gets 2 votes
I believe it is American to recognize and realize our flaws, learn from them, and embrace them with pride. There is a reason why our Constitution starts with “to form a more perfect union”.
… we also virtually have no shame and as such, don’t need to save any face. XD
Annie Andrews learned from her mentor, Frieren the Slayer.
“Just as Republicans deceive with their money, you, Annie, will deceive them with your polling.”
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This and Dooku going "That's right, I told them." are my favorite prequel memes.
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だいぶ出遅れてしまいましたが、ファンフェス本当におつかれさまでした!
昨日は普通に仕事に行ったものの(吉田さんと祖堅さんもしわくちゃになりながら来てた)、サイリウムブンブン痛が酷かったので今日は高柳と銭湯へ…。皆様もご自愛なさってお過ごしください!🍵☕
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ファンアートコンテストの絵描いたの最後に見ていって
鱗とか模様も結局ほとんど描くことにして苦労したので見ていって
これを見た人が少しでもあの時あんなことあったな~とかこいつ嫌な技使ってくるんだよな~とか、レイドやった当時のことを思い出してくれたらうれしい
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This and the M&M's one might be the only two Christmas commercials that can and should keep airing unchanged until the end of time.


































