Eulogy For Grandfather

I have lived with my grandparents ever since I little. When people complain about their parents not understanding technology I always looked at them weird because my grandfather knew how to use technology better then I did. However, my grandmother on the other hand is a different story. My grandmother left her home country of Trinidad and Tobago in her sixties to live with her children in America. With this move came health issues that no one knew would happen. It started with her forgetting where she was, a struggle to do simple tasks and then only remembering the people she lived with. My grandmother was only able to remember one of her children out of six because he was one that took most care for her. Growing up with my grandmother in my household I help with her care by helping complete simple tasks such as folding the clothes, cooking, and ironing. Other times I would read with her and in order for her eat; I or my father would have to sit with her. My grandmother did not remember to eat or know when she was thirst so; we would have to these actions with her because she did not remember to do for herself.
Because of growing up with her I have seen how the brain can be working so well one day and then …show more content…
It will give me time to help care for my grandmother in this state better. Without the help of this scholarship I would be at school and my job full time leaving little to no time to help care for grandmother. I have already taught of placing my grandmother in a nursing home but it does not feel right to placing her in a place where she does not know any one. She left her home to with her family and because of that I do not have the heart to do that to her. With this scholarship it will helping me be able to spend time with her, and that is all I wanted because I do know how much she has let with her declining