My Grandma Essay

“I have sleep apnea,” My grandmother says once she arrives home after the testing finished. “The polysomnogram proves I have sleep apnea, so doc says they need to run a second test to determine the best treatment.” “What exactly is sleep apnea? Also, what’s a polysomnogram?” I ask her as I eat my breakfast. “Well,” my grandma starts while sitting at the table next me. “I basically stop breathing in my sleep. Men, overweight people, and those older than forty get sleep apnea most, but any age,…

raised by both of my grandparents, the people that I adore the most and would think that they would never be gone but I was wrong everything that you once loved has an ending. The day that my grandma passed away was the worst day. I still remember everything that happens like if it was yesterday. Ever since that day, I keep on telling myself that things happen for a reason. How can you say goodbye to someone that raised you;…

meaning. Every year my family takes a trip to Branson Missouri for a weekend in early September, we all stay in a resort right on Table Rock Lake. It has always been my favorite vacation, I get to spend time with my cousins, aunts and uncles, and my great grandma and grandpa. The year 2011 was different though, my great grandma had been getting pretty sick and her and my great grandpa stayed home. I had no idea that 2011 would change my life forever. My great grandma Dorthy Fisher was my biggest…

I was in my uncle’s wedding this September and had to wear a dress and had makeup on. When I saw my grandma Offerman, She went up to me and said “doesn’t Addie look so gorgeous and you should be more like your cousin.” My cousin Addie is in kindergarten, and she is five years old. I kept quiet but in my head, I said “ oh no this is going to be a long day with her.” I walked down the aisle with the flower girl and the ring bearer who are almost two years old. When I got to the pew my cousin…

remember about it. My uncle use to be kind to my grandma. He always brought food to my grandma when he was in college. He use to take care of my grandma more than anyone do to their parents. As he got older, he became a different person, after all he stopped supporting my grandmother. He got his own job, then he got married. After that, he moved to America from Uzbekistan with his nuclear family, which was far from my grandma. My uncle totally stopped caring about my grandma, and forgot about…

experiences of my childhood. It was summer and I enjoyed spending the summer with my grandma. The summer had been a hot summer in Texas which led to evening thunderstorms. Normally the storms stayed to the south and east of the small town she lived in, but this particular night they did not. I was eight years old and was staying with my seventy-four year old grandma. Watching the weather, I saw a tornado warning for the city where my mom was currently. I picked up the phone and called my mom to…

Lilly Bell Bazin was my grandmother. I love her with my entire heart and soul. She made my life have meaning those years the Lord blessed me to know her. No one would want to get on her bad side though! Grandma was a spitfire of a woman in her youth. I could write an entire book about her alone! She raised me. I owe much to Aunt Patricia and my mother Catherine, but my true love as a child was my grandma. My mother Catherine was hurt in a terrible accident at her occupation in a steel factory…

grievances, sadness, and memories of the ones that have passed on. My situation is not so different, yet quite unique in the fact that the love I felt was for my grandma’s origami. The kindest, sweetest, and loving grandma that I could ever have come with my family and me to the states. At the time 5-year-old I had parents that worked throughout the day and were never home, so my grandma took care of me in their place. My grandma and I were like the dynamic duo. We did everything together;…

prior, my grandma had been diagnosed with alzheimer's. Ever since then, she needed a full time nurse to watch and help her everyday. I remember always going to her house and having to remind her of my name every time. It was hard for me to process at the time. I wondered why this was happening but as I got older, I knew she couldn’t control it. Back to the week of December 13th, 2015. My grandma had not been feeling well and was rushed to the hospital. On Monday, December 14th, my aunt called my…

My mom looked at me and said, “I don’t think grandma’s going to make it much longer.” This was the first time I’ve seen her cry. It was November of 2015 and we were sitting on the couch in the living room. She had just got off a long call with my grandpa. My grandma wasn’t doing well. She was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis when she was in her twenty’s. When my mom was growing up, she showed little to no signs of having the disease, but after I was born her condition started getting worse.…