Narrative Essay On Mayme Chase

Mayme Chase Most people do not get the pleasure of knowing their great grandmother. I am one of the lucky few that had the chance to meet my great grandma, Mayme Chase. Mayme Chase was 99 years and 9 months old when she passed away. My parents named me Elizabeth Chase so that I could be named after her. She was not like the ordinary elderly person though. Most people in their 90’s are sick and dying but she lived like a teenager until her last day. Mayme Chase was a very persistent lady. She had six children; five daughters and one son. After having their first child Mayme and her husband, Burt, decided they wanted a boy. So they kept getting pregnant and every time they had the child it would be a girl. They did love every single one of their little girls but they still wanted a boy. So they tried their sixth time and finally had their …show more content…
Mayme did but after all her kids moved out and her husband died she started partying again. Even when she hit ninety she was acting like she was still in her twenties. Doctors say that eating pizza is not the best idea because of all the grease, and not to drink too much alcohol. That did not stop her at all. She would order a pizza every week. It was the same pizza, from the same place, on the same day. Well, sometimes she would order one another day of the week too. She couldn’t settle with only the pizza, she would have to have a few cold beers too. Poker was her favorite game to play. She would go to her friends’ house, or they would come to her house a few times a month to play a few hands of poker. It wasn’t a quiet game either, they yelled and fought and threw cards everywhere. Out of pure fun though. She would not have poker games if there was a football game going. She loved to have a bunch of people over and watch the football games. She would have one of my great aunts make cheese dips, and sandwiches and all kinds of snack