In the Bible, I have read that Jesus compared living a life to building a house. Other religions emphasize the importance of a solid foundation too. Each individual must choose which guiding principles to build their life upon. I have chosen to build my life on the foundation of Jesus’s life and work. Builders and theologians agree that without a strong foundation, the house will fall.
My father tells me that when his family moved back to Texas, my grandfather built their house from the ground up. He hired experts for some tasks but contributed most of the labor himself. I expressed amazement at such a feat. My grandmother responded that he can do anything that he sets his mind to. While building, he needed to lay a solid foundation. This task required expert advice and patient precision. I viewed this Encyclopedia article as the foundation of my research. Just as in building a foundation, I needed to refer to experts and remember the details.
Experts on Swedish Americans collected and neatly organized the essential facts of this population. The article covered both Swedish immigration and the lives of Swedish descendants in the states. Relevant statistics functioned as individual bricks for understanding key points. I …show more content…
Then, similar to my grandfather, he found a steady job in the industrial district of Buffalo. He worked as a pattern maker in Buffalo. Maybe, he even planned to farm, but leaving a job during the depression would not have been wise. Eventually, his son would set out to capture the dream. He would move his family out of the city of Buffalo, but continue to work there for the rest of his life. Finally, his son would own a farm. Without letters or diaries, I can only conjecture about the unfulfilled desires of my ancestors. If true, then my grandfather’s’ early life parallels his great-great grandfather’s early life. I wonder how often such cyclic situations appear in family
My father tells me that when his family moved back to Texas, my grandfather built their house from the ground up. He hired experts for some tasks but contributed most of the labor himself. I expressed amazement at such a feat. My grandmother responded that he can do anything that he sets his mind to. While building, he needed to lay a solid foundation. This task required expert advice and patient precision. I viewed this Encyclopedia article as the foundation of my research. Just as in building a foundation, I needed to refer to experts and remember the details.
Experts on Swedish Americans collected and neatly organized the essential facts of this population. The article covered both Swedish immigration and the lives of Swedish descendants in the states. Relevant statistics functioned as individual bricks for understanding key points. I …show more content…
Then, similar to my grandfather, he found a steady job in the industrial district of Buffalo. He worked as a pattern maker in Buffalo. Maybe, he even planned to farm, but leaving a job during the depression would not have been wise. Eventually, his son would set out to capture the dream. He would move his family out of the city of Buffalo, but continue to work there for the rest of his life. Finally, his son would own a farm. Without letters or diaries, I can only conjecture about the unfulfilled desires of my ancestors. If true, then my grandfather’s’ early life parallels his great-great grandfather’s early life. I wonder how often such cyclic situations appear in family