She had to leave her little brother behind in anguish. As she flew from her uncle’s house, she remembered a story her mother had told her the night before about crying over a pond. In her mother’s story, the turtle ate up her tears, and the birds laughed at her. She said, “...it is useless to cry. Your tears do not wash away your sorrows.…
“Goodbye sweetie have a good day. Don’t be nervous.” I heard my mother say. “ I will mom.” I watched her walk away.…
SECTION III: Themes Instructions: Identify two major themes (remember to distinguish between theme and subject) in Kitchen and write a 9-14 sentence explication for each. Be sure to use concrete details from the novel to support your answer. Theme 1: In the face of grief, life must go on Explication:…
There was this kid named Aaron that thought that everyday for his grandma Rita was easy and he said that, “He wishes he could switch places with you grandma to see if everyday is hard or easy for you.” Later he will find out in his dream. I came home from school one day and I was so tired. I asked my grandma Rita, “Is everyday hard for you?” My grandma Rita said, “Some days for me are hard, but not everyday.”…
Emma pulled up to the small ranch that she had grown up in. Although she hadn't visited in years, it was exactly as she had remembered. The powder blue house with white shutters and a white door. The lush bushes circled the house. But now there was a for sale sign on the lawn, one that would be taken down tomorrow after the papers were signed.…
Tegan English PAP Impeccable "Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the thing they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too. " Most people have things about them that they struggle with having. You see, I have those things but the real struggle is ,my monster, my grandma.…
Someone once said, “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” My grandma, Patricia Plattner, taught me so many lessons about life. Although one sticks out the most, she taught me about gratefulness. My grandma nevers complains about anything. She has experienced many tough times, but she stayed sweet, strong, and thankful through it all.…
As I lie on my bed, I stare at the sheets I had picked out. At the time I bought them, they had a very intriguing color but had now become sad, seldomly washed, and just fading away. Therefore every time I look at them I think about what they looked like before. I started wondering what it would be like to feel all of the pressure of the game clock. The clock that provides all of the suspense by giving a very ominous sound.…
Have you ever lost someone abruptly due to Cancer? Colon Cancer kills one person every ten minutes. Also, 20% of colon cancers are found after the disease has spread to other organs. My Aunt Jenyi was diagnosed with stage four Colon Cancer October 27, 2013. She passed away May 3, 2014 leaving behind her husband, Ben, and her three daughters, Abby (17), Ally (14), and Avary (7).…
The SS. Auntie Milky The boy could not yet be seven years of age. He plopped on the cushioned window seat of the old wooden house and gazed out at the frozen tundra. A creak from one of the wooden floorboards announced that there was someone approaching him, the boy desperately hoped they would leave him in his comfortable nook.…
As the residue of the Kleenex fibers covered her red nose, her body shook as she tried to muffle the rawness of her sobs that filled the church. Her irises were threaded cerise, I could tell there was nothing left inside of her. She didn’t want to be helped, she just wanted her chance to break down for all the times she kept it together when everyone else was distraught. Things felt so somber and I felt numb to it all as if I was too young to tell what was happening. Deaths don’t matter unless it’s someone who matters to you, or anyone relevant with a touch of talent…
With what little wisdom and perspective I have at twenty-one years of age, one thing about which I am certain is the harshness and deep-felt pain of the hole left behind when a loved one dies. If I know nothing else to be true, it is the ache and sometimes-unbearable sadness my family and I are experiencing at the loss of our beloved wife, mother, and grandmother. But just as much as that sorrow is real, so, too, is the welcome relief of laughter and love we exchange as we remember the wonderful, funny life of our very dear Patty. It is only with fond remembrance and a good laugh that we are able to keep our heads when dealing with the grief of losing my Grandma, and she has given us an abundance of anecdotes and stories with which we can chuckle and attempt to patch the huge hole that settled in our hearts.…
Great Grandma Sunema I belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints. I know who I have become, and I know God’s plan for me. I have my great grandmother, Sunema Sisifo Letelemaana, to thank. Her conversion story into the Mormon church has made me the person I am today. I have gained many of Sunema’s personality traits such as her musical and athletic talents, I also come off as shy and soft spoken.…
You’re sitting in your room. Door locked, with a pen in your hand and a blank piece of paper in front of you. Your hand is shaking and the tears begin again- for the third time in the past hour. ‘To my family’ you write at the top of the page, but decide it’s a bad way to begin your letter, your suicide letter. You try again, start over, again, but you don’t know how to begin.…
My mother said she wanted to die because of me. Her actual words were “you’re the reason I want God to take me home early.” On that hot summer day in July of 2010, I didn’t know how to process her statement. We were sitting at a bus stop waiting for the next bus to arrive to take us home. We were within walking distance from our apartments and I started complaining about how if we walked home we would be there by time the bus showed up.…