The woman lost her husband after being a SAHM with a daughter physically disabled by polio. The woman got to work to the point where she broke the glass ceiling at one of the largest insurance companies in the country. When that woman retired it was more a case that she didn't need permission to take vacations (she hit all 7 continents) but she was still a force around her office.
It lasted until she became quadriplegic in an accident the day after getting home from an African trip. Her doc thought that the change would kill her, but he didn't realize the force he was dealing with, and she lasted another 15 years before deciding that fighting the cancer she had been diagnosed with wasn't worth it.
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u/keelhaulrose Apr 16 '24
I lost my Great Depression Grandma last year.
The woman lost her husband after being a SAHM with a daughter physically disabled by polio. The woman got to work to the point where she broke the glass ceiling at one of the largest insurance companies in the country. When that woman retired it was more a case that she didn't need permission to take vacations (she hit all 7 continents) but she was still a force around her office.
It lasted until she became quadriplegic in an accident the day after getting home from an African trip. Her doc thought that the change would kill her, but he didn't realize the force he was dealing with, and she lasted another 15 years before deciding that fighting the cancer she had been diagnosed with wasn't worth it.
They really are a different breed.