On today’s episode of What The Fat, Dr. Ryan Lowery interviews his grandfather: George Makovec. Hear his grandfather’s first-hand account of growing up in Italy, migrating to America as a Displaced Person (DP), and being drafted into the military. Learn from his perspective on life and being grateful for the world we live in today.

 

Enjoy the show!

 

Takeaways

 

 If you are a “millennial” consider yourself blessed that you are not drafted away from your home, career, school, or loved ones to serve in the military. Our grandparents were not so lucky and we should never take the opportunities we have for granted.

Show Notes:

• Grandpa’s journey and migrating to the United States 2:05
• Joining the military and meeting Grandma 8:12
• Italian culture and food preferences 9:34
• Life after the military and job experience 12:10
• The mentality behind hard work 13:40
• Working at 60 years old 15:06
• What Grandpa learned at the hospital 17:50

 

Tweetable quotes

“How grateful we are to live in a world right now where I am 26 years old and don’t have to be pulled out of what I am currently doing to go into the military and I don’t have a choice.”

 

“Life is not a given...you don’t take life for granted. Never.”