"The older I get, the longer the days but the shorter the years." - Gramps

"Mof". That is the Dutch equivalent for "Kraut" as in the slur for "German". My grandparents lived through the second world war and went through some traumatic experiences.

Oh, for cryin' out loud!

Duplicate/very similar to a topic posted a few hours ago.

"I woke up this morning, so I'm blessed." Some days, even waking up is a struggle, so that's kind of on repeat for me nowadays.

"I'm not sleeping, I'm thinking."

After lunch my grandma often got really sleepy. But instead of going to her bed take a nap, she'd put the elbows on the table, hold her head between hands, and close her eyes. Sometimes genuinely sleep there. And when my uncles or my mum told her "mum, go sleep on your bed", she'd angrily answer "I'm not sleeping, I'm thinking."

It's the exact same answer that my nephew gives to my sister, when he's napping on the sofa. Kind of weird because, when grandma (his grand-grandma) died he was simply too young to remember her.

And while not a specific word or phrase, the shitty jokes that my mum tells remind me grandpa. He did the same.

"Chesterfield"