Personal Narrative: My Most Influenced My Life

It was a nice October morning I had just woken up to head to my first class of the day. I had the first good night’s rest since I had been in California. Then my phone began to ring. My mother’s name showed up on the screen, so I thought she was calling to check in on me. Little did I know that on this October morning my life would change. My mother was not calling to check in, but instead to tell me that my great grandmother had passed away. There has only been one person who has influenced my life when I was growing up. Her name was Gereldine Forshee AKA Big Mama. This amazing woman was my great grandmother, she had so many great aspects about herself, but being a friend and role model to me was the most important to me. There were two significant times in my life when I was younger that this grandmother of mine made an impact on me. She was my go to person when I was struggling and on that day my phone rang, I never thought that was the news I would hear. Losing her hurt me, but I know I will always have those significant times. One of those significant times I remember was when I was younger all I wanted to do was play basketball. When I was ten I made a basketball team that would travel all around the state of Indiana playing games. The …show more content…
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