Essay on Importance of Grandparents

Learning How to Crochet When I was about sixteen years old my mother thought it would be a good idea to teach me how to crochet. She was always making stuff for friends and family. I was not very happy having to learn how to crochet at all. I would always try to find something else to do besides learning to crochet. It is not something most sixteen year olds would rather be spending their time doing. She taught me several patterns, techniques, and how to make a blanket. Over the next several…

Forty days after lent that day of the year arrived. Dying eggs, hours spent at church, and the sight of the beloved yet, creepy, Easter bunny. I found myself unwilling to get up for church that Easter Sunday knowing that soon after I would have to endure the horrible Easter egg hunt. As far back as I can recall I have been apart of the Easter egg hunt at my Grandmother Karll's house. Each of the twenty-five grandchildren fought for the chance to discover the golden egg. This unique egg contained…

looking at their food, festivals, and weddings. There are many different festivals that take place in Igbo villages. One of these festivals is the New Yam festival. The New Yam festival is held through August and September and holds a deep importance to the Igbo people. Yams are the dominant crop in the Igbo tribe and mean a lot to them. The festival represents family and celebrates the success of the yam harvest and the season for cultivating. At the…

This story takes place in Lazio Italy, with a young boy named Montresor. His parents were very wealthy winemakers and they owned a large vineyard. More importantly, Montresor was an only child and had no siblings or friends to play with. As a result of this, he was lonely; One day a boy about his same age came to school, and eventually they became friends. His name was Fortunato and his family was new in town, his dad owned a small Italian restaurant right down the street from Montresor. It was…

Deloris, a name that will forever have a special place in my heart. Maybe, if i have kids, that'll be their middle names or something. Deloris was my Great Grandmother. Great as in wonderful, but also because she is my grandmothers mother. I always called her Dorrie. Not only was she my Great Grandmother, but she was my friend and second mother, she took care of me for almost my whole life. When I was younger, I took for granted so many things we did together and now I wish I had been so much…

I was a boy that was 18 years old and from America in 1918. My family was impacted pretty good by the war.My cousin and my dad was drafted with my two other brothers.My mom and I had to stay home and help with the home fronts.The people that stay home did many things like taking on jobs or businesses.They was many industries was closed like my dad's industry because he went to war. It change my daily life a lot.The reason why is because I never had time to take off and spent time with my…

In “Panacea,” Allison describes the importance of gravy to her. She starts off her writing by using the five senses to show what gravy is like. Then, she uses a flashback to show how her mother made gravy and how it was the most important thing to be served at dinner. Allison says, “It is anticipation, the last thing prepared before the meal comes to the table, the bowl in Mama’s hand closing the day out peacefully, no matter what came before” (1). After that, she moved to present tense to…

Courage Nelson Mandela once stated that, “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it”. In Ernst Gaines’ novel, “A Lesson Before Dying”, the most important lesson to learn before dying is courage. The novel shows this through the characters Tante Lou, Miss. Emma, and Jefferson. First of all, Tante Lou shows courage by being with Miss. Emma, working hard to get Grant through university, and she believes God will help everything. For example, being with Miss. Emma…

It was Thanksgiving morning and I was pretty excited because I knew that day I was going to eat a lot of delicious food. I woke up that day to help my mom make some tamales that we always make when there’s some type of holiday. The whole house had that tamale smell once we were all done with them. A few hours past and it was almost time to go to my aunt's house where we were having our Thanksgiving dinner at. Once we were all dressed up and ready to go we headed towards my aunts house. Once we…

that's messed up and I'm sorry. Also, I texted you Happy Thanksgiving cause I'm an idiot, and you obviously did not receive that, so just a heads up. Anyways, Thanksgiving at the Holdredge house was pretty interesting this year. We had all of my grandparents over, along with my Uncle John and his family (my mom's brother). Throughout the dinner, I kept filling up my glass with a bottle of wine which I had hidden under the dining room table. Neither of my parents seemed to notice until the bottle…