/lit/ - Literature

>>20774528
Delete this

> Though I've belted you and flayed you
> By the livin' God that made you
> You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din
Why does it hurt so much, bros?

>>19785650
> Be me
> Listening to my wine-drunk French-Canadian Mom talk about her childhood in Canuckland
> Canada before the 1980s was the frontier
> Life was rough
> Mom tells me about my great grandfather
> A 6'4 Catholic Farmer named Napoleon with a blonde haired blue eyed Tradwife and 10 kids
> Napoleon, like all French-Canadians back then, was very religious
> Mom tells me a story about Napoleon that she heard from her own Mom
> It was the Great Depression
> Our family was barely scraping by financially
> Hobos started showing up in town
> Everyone in town was scared of the Hobos
> Hobos can't find a place to sleep
> It's Canada so they'll freeze if they don't find shelter
> Despite his own hardships, Napoleon lets the Hobos into his home
> He feeds the Hobos and allows them to stay the night
> My Mom is crying now
> "My grandfather had a big heart, Anon. Just like you."
> Mfw I realize that I've turned my back on God
> Mfw I realize I need to repent
> Mfw my Great Grandfather was a man of principle who went hungry before turning a stranger in need away from his door.
Blessed are the pure of heart: for they shall see God.
My goal moving forward in life is to try and become a fraction of the man that my Great Grandfather was.