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    them that they struggle with having.You see, I have those things but the real struggle is ,my monster, my grandma. Now, don't get me wrong I love my grandma ,but she is getting older and she can't remember, her or do things as well as she could before. So things gotten worse this year and my older cousins moved out with their mom leaving me by myself to care of my grandma , little brother and little sister. My mom lives with us but she works all the time. It's not a big thing they moved out it's…

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    taken care of me passed away due to cancer. My Grandma took care of my mother and I from the time I was born and continued to care for me after my mom moved away. Our lives weren't very luxurious. She worked at Polk Community College as their lunch lady and I never had much; including my own bed. Still, I was never unhappy. I spent many hours after school sitting in the sparsely active cafeteria, while she served the students with a smile on her face. My Grandma was a kind, selfless woman who…

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    In My Grandma the Poisoner, the author John Reed gives a hook to the reader right away. The beginning scene and title is an image of the Reed as a child watching his grandmother weeping in her bedroom. The scene is set up to show the reader what is going through Reed 's eyes and then moves to another scene. It starts with the house and how Reed spent most of his childhood there, the diction he uses sets the tone of a reflective acrimony, describing it as “disgusting” and shows the reader in…

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    If I were able to speak to anyone that is dead I would choose my grandma. I would choose her because 3 years before she passed away, she had really bad alzheimer's that was eating away at her brain so she didn’t recognize who we were, she didn’t know I was her grandchild and my mom was her daughter. Her memory was slowly going away as years and days would pass, she would wake up and not know who someone was, she would be all confused on where she was. She didn't recognize any family except her…

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    My grandma has always been a big part of my life, from accompanying my mother on the journey of my adoption to always supporting me. I have always thought highly of my grandma, she continuously puts others before herself and is always helping out in the community some way. With just being the kind, loving person she is, she has majorly impacted my life. My grandma has been through a lot of tough times throughout her life. Before I was born she experienced the loss of a child. My uncle Chris…

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    As you have read my all time favorite lullaby, let me explain to you the significance about this meaningful lullaby. To start off, my grandma Kidd was my all time favorite she was there for me whenever i needed her. I remember as a kid my parents would take us kids on a weekend trip to my grandma and grandpa Kidd’s house. We lived in Piper City which is towards Champaign area. My grandparents were living in Peoria, so we had a decent drive to see them. Sometimes one of us four girls would get…

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    My Grandma Margie always had a way of influencing me with her kindness for other people. Even though she was battling cancer she still found it in her to treat others with respect, even when they sometimes didn’t deserve it. When my sisters and I were younger, every summer we would go stay with my Grandma Margie for at least a week. She would say, “load up the truck” and we would all pile into the old, baby blue, chevy truck, and go check on the cows down the road a couple of miles. We would…

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    Grandma's are always there for their family. My grandma used to babysit me and I love her so much. My grandma is one of the most important people in my life I wouldn’t know what to do without her. She comes to my concerts, school events, and sporting events. My grandma, Bonnie was diagnosed with bladder cancer three different times. It broke my heart and I didn’t know what to do. From this event, I learned to never take people for granted and love them while they are here. The first time she…

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    However, if first impressions depicted the correct image or true character of someone it would mean that the first impression that most people got after meeting my grandmother couldn’t be further from the truth. My grandmother would come across as cold or distant at first but then her true character would come out as she warmed up to people. My grandmother, even though she lacked the ability to make a first good impression, had many great qualities: she was patient, courageous, honest, loving,…

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    Mary Bouie. yeah, you know. For the whole 16 years of my life, there is one significant memory i think has shaped me. I believe they 're still shaping me to become a better person today. I might be illiturate, but just hang in there, okay? “Wake up mary” it would be 10 oclock at night waking me up. we had to go to grandma house again. "come on baby girl i gotta go to work." my oldest brother lifted me up and carried me to the van, were my other siblings were waiting. so the next thing…

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