For my first four years of life, I lived in the beautiful Colorado mountains. Skiing down the mountains and building snowman 's was apart of my everyday life. My father loved the life there but wanted me to see what it was like where he grew up. We eventually moved the family to the city where I would learn how my relatives grew up. I grew up in a town known as the “Spinach Capital of the World” which allowed me to feel a family oriented setting, get to know the history my family had, and grow up in a junkyard full of adventures.
I was brought to find out that this is the “Spinach capital of the world” and they made sure everyone knew that. The city started off with the railroads, to this day we still have the caboose in the center of our town. …show more content…
A year after they got married, they had my grandfather enrolled in the military where he refused to fight in combat. He did not want to fight in combat because of his religion “...spiritual wholeness...this powerful, but numinous force that many Christians rely upon to reconcile the challenges of serving in the military”. (Freeman) They refused to let him leave so he became a nurse and rendered to injured soldiers in the Vietnam war. It was painful for my grandmother when he left; Freeman says “...service members are directly affected by the atrocities of war and their families are carrying secondary wounds as a result of living with a family member who has made major sacrifices for his or her country and the mission.” My grandmother talks about how she felt while he was gone, “I had no one here. The only family I had was his so we became extremely close.” She tells that this is where she came to find out that her father-in-law was Jewish, “Your great grandfather told me how it was extremely hard being Jewish, he had to fight his way and eventually found himself in America.” (De La Fuente) My great grandfather ended …show more content…
Telephone interview 10 Sept. 2016.
Freeman, Dexter R. "Family Circles: Assessing Family And Spiritual Connections With Military Clients." Social Work & Christianity 43.3 (2016): 28-46. Academic Search Complete. Web. 13 Sept.
I was brought to find out that this is the “Spinach capital of the world” and they made sure everyone knew that. The city started off with the railroads, to this day we still have the caboose in the center of our town. …show more content…
A year after they got married, they had my grandfather enrolled in the military where he refused to fight in combat. He did not want to fight in combat because of his religion “...spiritual wholeness...this powerful, but numinous force that many Christians rely upon to reconcile the challenges of serving in the military”. (Freeman) They refused to let him leave so he became a nurse and rendered to injured soldiers in the Vietnam war. It was painful for my grandmother when he left; Freeman says “...service members are directly affected by the atrocities of war and their families are carrying secondary wounds as a result of living with a family member who has made major sacrifices for his or her country and the mission.” My grandmother talks about how she felt while he was gone, “I had no one here. The only family I had was his so we became extremely close.” She tells that this is where she came to find out that her father-in-law was Jewish, “Your great grandfather told me how it was extremely hard being Jewish, he had to fight his way and eventually found himself in America.” (De La Fuente) My great grandfather ended …show more content…
Telephone interview 10 Sept. 2016.
Freeman, Dexter R. "Family Circles: Assessing Family And Spiritual Connections With Military Clients." Social Work & Christianity 43.3 (2016): 28-46. Academic Search Complete. Web. 13 Sept.