Personal Narrative: Meaningful Effort Brings Us Together

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“Meaningful effort brings us together”-Anonymous. During this time I had moved a few months ago. I was currently living in Grandma and Grandpa’s house until our house was built. This story is taking place when I am seven years old to twelve years old. When I was about nine or eight I moved into a new house about half a mile away from them. Bonding with my Grandparents has shaped me into the person I am today, because Grandma was my piano teacher. I helped her around the yard and outside. And I worked for Grandpa. Grandma was my piano teacher. After I had moved I didn’t have a piano teacher anymore. So I did piano at Grandma’s house. I bonded with her and learned lessons. That changed my personality over time. Because the way she taught me

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