12.1.24

I was with my aunt last night and she shared some interesting facts about this newspaper clipping of my grandfather. Not only was my grandfather a decorated hard working baker at Union Maid Bakery, but he also had an important role in forming the Union for bakers. It’s interesting how the slightest of details can shift your perspective of someone or something. Little does my aunt know that the information she just shared gave me a new lens on how I see my grandfather. Here I thought all this time that my grandmother carried the torch of advocacy and all that is required to gather and forge through political change. I was wrong, the torch was shared and they both knew the power of their voices and how important it is to speak out for equality, protection and fairness.

It makes me wonder if this was a commonality that bonded their relationship, or sometimes you encounter special connections in life that influence you in a such a way, it changes the way you see the world and your place in it. The power of such a connection is so rare to find, especially nowadays, but I know first hand that it does exists out there.