Grandparent

refreshing smell of nature entices my sense of smell. Approaching my grandfather 's home, the excitement begins to build up. When we arrived, we jumped out of the van and took a big deep breath of fresh air as we ran off relinquishing our excitement. My grandparents reside in a small village called Teague A or California Orchard. It is one of the most memorable places to me because it reminds me of my childhood and makes me feel as if I were a five-year-old again. I would always end up getting…

I grew to know an adorable couple and had a strong connection to the point I would call them my grandparents due to the fact that I knew them since the age of 3. My mom and I would go every Saturday morning, make their coffee, get them dressed and serve them breakfast. Along with them I would eat my breakfast and drink coffee with them. They would tell…

During his Nobel Peace Prize speech, “Memory, Hope, and Despair”, Elie Weisel said, “The opposite of the past is not the future but the absence of future; the opposite of the future is not the past but the absence of past. The loss of one is equivalent to the sacrifice of the other.” This quote really captures how I feel about the past; without it, one cannot have a future, which is the reason I find my memories more important than my dreams. In that same speech, Elie Weisel also said,…

My cultural identity has always been a journey. I have a very diverse group of family and friends. My cultural identity was formed my by experience and my family. I believed that with the push for multicultural counseling I believe it’s important for counselors to have a strong sense of self. I believe that with diversity being a strong topic and how important ones culture is we have counselors have to learn how to become more culturally competent. Thus far in Social Justice and diversity I…

For my first four years of life, I lived in the beautiful Colorado mountains. Skiing down the mountains and building snowman 's was apart of my everyday life. My father loved the life there but wanted me to see what it was like where he grew up. We eventually moved the family to the city where I would learn how my relatives grew up. I grew up in a town known as the “Spinach Capital of the World” which allowed me to feel a family oriented setting, get to know the history my family had, and grow…

The novel The Education of Little Tree concentrates on the points that tells of a little boy’s life as a Native American. Little Tree’s parents passed away, so he moved with his grandparents in the mountains. During his stay, they informed him about his heritage. They thought if he didn’t know about the past, he wouldn’t have a future. Grandma and Grandpa said ‘If ye don’t know where ye people have been, then ye won’t know where your people are going.”(40) As he grew older he realized what was…

It was 8 o’clock on a Monday morning when I walked outside to check the clothes on the line. Everything seemed pretty normal, the clothes were still there, birds were chirping that’s one of my classical family stories that’s told at almost every holiday get together without fail. Most people have at least ones crazy story that they like to tell, and my family is no exception. The story that everyone on my father’s side of the family can recite word for word is the one where my grandmother lost…

line,” my grandparents would say, but I could always catch the hint of mockery in their voice. My grandparents, who are also my guardians, are both retired school teachers from the DeKalb County School System in Atlanta, Georgia. Their experience, I believe, has pushed them to be a motivating force in my pursuit of a proper education. My grandfather, who served in the U.S. Military, is a big advocate for getting out and seeing what the world has in store for me. Both of my grandparents have…

neighborhood in a metropolitan city. Some extended family members from his maternal side also lived in the city. His paternal grandparents were from Mississippi and maternal grandparents from Missouri and eventually migrated to Milwaukee, WI. Despite their close proximity, John did not have a significant relationship with either of his maternal grandparents. His paternal grandparents died when John was at a young age. In childhood, John’s primary peer group was his siblings and a few cousins.…

It was a boughten pie from Sam’s Club, and not to mention completely mushy. I can easily say that I missed having home-made pies for Thanksgiving. Then, my grandparents left and I made cinnamon rolls. I made cinnamon rolls because we used to always make cinnamon rolls the day before Thanksgiving. Then, on Thanksgiving morning we would eat cinnamon rolls before we went hiking. My favorite part of Thanksgiving…