Personal Narrative: Life After Junior's Grandmother

After Junior’s Grandmother dies they hold a nice funeral for her. The entire community from the rez and other reservations were there to pay their respects to Grandmother because she was such a loved person. The funeral was sad but in the end everyone was laughing and crying. Unfortunately there are many deaths on the reservation. When someone dies the entire community comes together. With loss there is always something to gain. When Junior’s Grandmother dies, her death brings the community together as one. He gains support and love from his family. He also learns from past experience like this when Eugene and Mary die, that he wants so stay away from alcohol. His Grandmother never drank alcohol but a drunk driver killed her. Marry and Eugene's deaths were …show more content…
It is the sad truth. From death and loss you need to look at the positive things that can com from it. You might think it sounds insensitive, thinking of someone you love who died as positive, but you need to think of what that person taught you and the positive things that they contributed to the world. When my Grandmother died I was devastated. I was close to her and she was always a person who loved and supported me. The more I thought about her the more I thought about the life lessons and fun times she shared with everyone around her. Her death made our family closer. We came together to share moments about her that we remember and all the crazy moments she had. Just like Junior with the deaths he endured, the deaths I endured taught me to appreciate the life we have and to treat everyone around us with respect and kindness. Junior learned things that will stay with him forever from his grandmother, and that's what we need to do when we are faced with situations caused by death. Look at the positive outcome. Weddings and Funerals, the two events where family will come together. With loss there is always something to