Comments on: How to Save a Life http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/11/01/how_to_save_a_l_1/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Vidster http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/11/01/how_to_save_a_l_1/comment-page-1/#comment-32691 Vidster Tue, 01 Nov 2005 15:41:37 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2446#comment-32691 <p>Of the 18 achievements, my favorite has to be Ram ShresthaÂ’s. Using grandmothers to distribute medicine, particularly to children, is ingenious. My grandmother is almost draconian in getting her kids and grandkids to eat right...and when she commands one of us to do something, we damn well do it.</p> <p>Granted this is a huge generalization, and IÂ’ll be the first to admit that, but I love his idea because it gives grandmothers a purpose and an objective when so many of them begin to feel useless later in life. ItÂ’s easy for them to get alienated when theyÂ’re perceived as weak and powerless. When entire families—but especially kids—start to become more self-sufficient with increased access to education and job opportunities, IÂ’ve seen so many grandparents become disconnected and isolated from the lives around them. It's time someone brought them back into the heart of family life.</p> Of the 18 achievements, my favorite has to be Ram ShresthaÂ’s. Using grandmothers to distribute medicine, particularly to children, is ingenious. My grandmother is almost draconian in getting her kids and grandkids to eat right…and when she commands one of us to do something, we damn well do it.

Granted this is a huge generalization, and IÂ’ll be the first to admit that, but I love his idea because it gives grandmothers a purpose and an objective when so many of them begin to feel useless later in life. ItÂ’s easy for them to get alienated when theyÂ’re perceived as weak and powerless. When entire families—but especially kids—start to become more self-sufficient with increased access to education and job opportunities, IÂ’ve seen so many grandparents become disconnected and isolated from the lives around them. It’s time someone brought them back into the heart of family life.

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