Visiting my Grandparents Essay

Older adults have always played an important role in my life, which has led me to have a positive outlook on old age. When I think of old age, I see a wise individual who is eager to spend time with family and friends and enjoys giving back to the community in their free time. This is view is largely shaped by my grandparents, who each at different levels of physical decline, are still very active in the community. In recent years I have had the privilege of working and volunteering at Pembina Place Personal Care Home. This experience has exposed me to individuals who are further declined than my grandparents, and who are involved in little to no outside community activities. Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s were very common within the PCH I was working in. Interestingly, the residents of the care home did not shift my view of old age in a negative way. Instead, their willingness to engage in whatever ways they could, from sharing advice, telling stories, singing songs and eagerness to take part in activities enhanced…

Over MEA weekend, I was able to cross off one of my bucket list items. On Sunday, my grandparents came over to go on a bike ride with my parents, Logan, and I. My grandfather is really into biking. When he was still working, besides in the winter, he would ride his bike to work everyday. My dad, Logan, and I have taken multiple bike rides with my grandfather and we wanted to take another one before winter rolls in. My grandparents came in the morning from Waconia to attend church service with…

goal. One of the family traditions that I have found meaningful to practice is visiting my 70-year-old grandmother…

For every holiday and just about every season my family and I journey to my grandparents’ house. My grandparents live in Nebraska, so it is a four hour drive to their house, but it’s worth the time in the car. On the trip to Nebraska my family and I pile into the car with five of us it can be kind of cramped. My sisters and I make it a lot of fun; we laugh and joke around making the time in the car not seem so long. We watch out the window and see the land change it goes from hilly and full…

As I started reading this weeks assignment I found myself I was reading scenario's from my life. I have cared for my grandparents as well as my husbands grandparents and parents, I feel grateful that we were able to care for them in a family situation till their deaths. I feel that Elder Abuse is wrong but can sometimes be miscommunicated by the aged person who is being cared for. You have to take into consideration their mental clarity and medications with side effects that may be…

The feeling you get when you have helped someone is one that cannot be matched. It makes you feel as though you were placed here for a reason. I have luckily felt like this a number of times, each one just as important as the next. Growing up with elderly grandparents forced me to act as a caregiver for them around the age of fifteen. I had to sort through medications, prepare meals, change bandages for wounds, and keep an eye on them when I was around. The sensation I got when I helped them was…

would like to visit is Mexico. I would love to be able to go to Mexico because I would love to visit my grandparents. When I was a little girl my family and I went, but I was two so I don’t really remember anything. Both my Mom and Dad are form Mexico, so most of my family is down there. I know I have a lot of family that I haven’t met yet, and would like too. Besides just visiting my family, I would love to be able to go on tours and visit the wonderful attractions Mexico has to offer. When my…

When Yvette Henley went missing, her desperate grandparents turned to an unlikely person for help, a stranger they had never met that lived in a different country. Harry Brown became he man Gary and Kim Forester pinned their hopes on when their son, Virgil Henley, disappeared with their granddaughter after they gained custody of the girl who was in danger, according to the Mirror. After the courts ruled the child had suffered “emotional damage,” the Forester's were ready to bring Yvette into…

Florida is an awesome place to go to during spring break. It is always nice and warm when we visit. There are so many fun things to do, and I have experienced a lot of them. I love visiting my grandparents. Every year since I was born, my parents have taken me down to Florida to see my grandparents. I always love to go visit them. When I was little we would look for eggs on Easter sunday and eat lots of candy. My favorite thing to do while I am down there is fish. One year I caught 64 fish…

Poverty A thirty-three year old republican, James David Vance relived his poverty influenced childhood as he wrote the 2016 Memoir; Hillbilly Elegy. Vance who is an ex marine, Ohio University graduate and a Yale University graduate, never thought he would make it past high school. Vance’s book Hillbilly elegy is entirely relevant to America’s youth because many need to be educated on the subject of poverty. The book also gives a light of hope to students that are struggling in school and at home…