Essay on Importance of Grandparents

Background It was March 28 and as usual my 15 year old self was hiking on the (self made) trail behind my house, with my bestfriend. The woods were like my second home and I was there almost everyday. After school each day I would abandon my homework to make new branches off of what I called Pine Tree Trail. (Note: I never had anything higher than a B- besides art which I currently had a 94 in!) The air felt warm and the songs of birds filled the atmosphere with joy. That's The reason I was…

“You can start whenever you’re ready” The boy looked down at his pale, shaking hands, then up at the ceiling. Anywhere except for the man with the clipboard in front of him. They had told him that if he came here, they would leave him alone. He took that to mean no more blinding lights being shown in his face, no more fake smiles, no more lies. “My mom made me some sandwiches. Peanut butter and jelly. My favorite. She spent all day making them. Just for me. She put them in a basket and told…

Last November, a week before Thanksgiving, I was listening to the morning radio talk show The Woody Show and the hosts were talking about how excited they were for the Thanksgiving feast. They all went around and shared what was their perfect meal for that day. It ranged from fried turkey, to stuffing, cornbread, green bean casserole, and towards the end the hosts argued about cranberry sauce. However, they all agreed that pumpkin pie was essential to the perfect meal. I found it very…

BACKGROUND It was some centuries ago when Muriel's family immigrated from Scotland into the United States. Her living relatives include her sister, Dorothy, and many cousins, Aunts, and Uncles scattered all over the world. For years she has been married to Eustace Bagge, a stubborn man who fancies himself as a farmer, and handyman. They never had any children throughout their marriage. However, when she found a stray puppy in town, she brought it home, and since then doted on him. The Bagge's…

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I was sinking down, down, and down, for every heart beat I take, I am still alive. Is that what it feels like when you are about to drown? It all started back to a gorgeous hot summer in Indiana. When my mom and my dad had decided to give me and my sister a little surprise. We don't go on vacations a lot because of my parents "job". So when my parents announce that we are going to Indiana Beach. I thought it was a miracle. I jumped, shouted, ran to hug my parents, doing whatever a…

It's a cool summer morning and the sun breaks over the hills as I watch men and women in uniform fold an American flag that adorned the casket of my grandfather. I listen as the VFW patriots explain what each fold of old glory represents. I cry, as they hand "her" over to my older brother in full uniform ..... a moment that will forever change my life. I watch, as my brother presents the stars and stripes in her folded perfection to my grandmother as he utters the words, "This flag is presented…

There are four main characters in the short story called," What we talk about when we talk about love.". In the begin of the story, we meet the first character, Mel McGinnis. Mel is 45 years old and he is a cardiologist.(721). Mel is tall and rangy with curly soft hair(723). Mel has two kids from his first marriage. according to the narrator," Mel thought real love was nothing less than spiritual love". (722) Mel was telling then that they are been in love more than once in their life before…

In Teresa DiFalco’s article “Internet Cheating: In the Clicks of a Mouse, a Betrayal” she talks about her failing marriage and everything that happened to her. DiFalco was the stereotypical mother who helped out and her kid’s schools and volunteered at every place she could. DiFalco’s life revolved around her kids, dinner, and her “loving husband”. Little did DiFalco know her husband, who worked a distance away from home, came home most nights after seeing another woman he found on Craigslist.…

On artifact would be a jewelry box that my grandparents gave to me when I was a little girl. It is very big and very nice. It is very important to me because my grandparents gave it to me and I use it all the time. It also reminds me of my grandparents because I really love them, so whenever I use or see the jewelry box it reminds me of them. So overall, the jewelry box is very important to me because I use it a lot and it reminds me of my grandparents. Artifacts can be very…