Personal Narrative: My Grandfathers

Originating from my great grandfathers arrival to the United States from Italy, my fathers side of the family began in the small town of Dunlevy Pennsylvania. My father was born in 1963 in Germany while my grandfather was on deployment in the United States Air Force. Traveling the world my father found a place where he has not left. The city of Colorado Springs is where my mother and father first met. My mother was born in 1968 and is a Colorado native. They were married in 1987 and began their lives together. It was a year later when I was born at Penrose St. Francis Hospital. I was definitely not the cutest thing anyone had ever seen, but my family took me in with the most love a newborn could possibly receive. My ties to my …show more content…
They always made sure I was taken care of and relied a lot on my grandparents to watch me during work. I was and still am very close with both sets of my grandparents. They are the people in my life who have always inspired me. They made sure that I always had a good meal and a ton of fun when I was with them. Both of my grandmothers are excellent cooks, which opened my limited pallet up to a wide variety of great foods at a young age. My grandfathers are the wisest men I know and have always demonstrated an ability to give insight on a multitude of life’s endeavors. My grandfather on my dad’s side of the family really inspired my passion for aviation when I was young. His stories and adventures through his military career intrigued me to dream big. My goal was to become a fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force and fly an …show more content…
I suffered a severe knee injury that left me incapable of playing a majority of my senior year. I had reached a point in which college scouts were interested in offering a college scholarship to play football. It was soon after this experience that I found myself weighing my options and devising a plan of how I would further my education knowing my previous offers would be unlikely to still hold. Focused and determined to be the first in my family to attend college, I relied on them to help me figure out what the best plan of action was to