When she was a child, betty listened for hours to her grandmother’s stories of fire spirits and animals that could talk. Born in 1925, Betty Marie spent part of her childhood on an Osage reservation in Oklahoma. She was shy, docile, introverted, ballet brought her out of her shell. She started when she was four years old. From that moment Betty had her heart out for ballet.…
My great grandma Betty lives in a small house in California. She is 96 and still healthy and happy. She inspires me because she is 96 and can still move and work because of her healthy lifestyle. My great grandma is very smart, kind, helpful, and an amazing cook. She is significant to me because she has been a part of my life for a long time. Even though she isn’t blood related she has been there for my mom since she was 2 years young. She inspires me to be a better person and to love and care for someone even if you only like them a…
When I was nine years old my parents would no longer let me see my grandma Anne from my dad’s side, because she was an alcoholic. She was always drinking and it got to the point that when she would come over to our house my parents would have to go hide all the alcohol. Sadly my grandma Anne passed away a few years later of kidney failure ultimately because of the drinking. I never got to see her before she passed, but I remember the way her hands felt like silk when I would hold them and she smelt like freshly cut flowers on a rainy day.…
i will never forget that sunny, warm and peaceful day afternoon at the summer vocation I was bored and depressed so i turned the TV on as always there is nothing in it i saw a real TV show called "The Exorcisms of Anneliese Michel" it was about a haunted girl from Germany it was creepy as hell so i shut it down i didn't feel well after i had watched it i decided to sleep early at night before my parents and i did i woke up at the middle of the night because i felt there is someone standing next to me i found out it was my young sister i looked at the door i saw Anneliese standing there i totally freaked out and i started to cry like crazy but without sound after half an hour i woke my sister up i told her to take me to mum she started to laugh…
That was the day that my grandpa passed away. Every single part of that date is engrained in my memory. My parents had driven up to Wisconsin, and my older sister Lauren drove home for college to stay with me. It wasn’t out of the normal for my parents to quickly leave, so I didn’t think much of it. I remember going to hang out with Tatum, my best friend of the time. It was a nice day outside, so of course we were outside playing on the trampoline and doing all our weird routines like we always did. Her family, who was like a second family to me, decided to go out to eat so they brought me along. We went to La Charitas. I remember how Mrs. Teeple pulled out a funny card game for us to play, and I remember Tatum cutting out faces in her tortilla, making us all laugh. When we got back to the house we saw that my sister called, so I said bye to the Teeples and walked one minute down the road to my house. Lauren, who is one of the most emotional in the family, was left with the task of telling me that my grandpa had passed away. I had just grabbed a snack of chocolate cheerios as she started to tell me the news. I didn’t know how to react, so I ran into the basement directly to the furthest corner I could find. Lauren tried talking to me, but I wanted to be by myself. One of the hardest things I have ever done was talking to my dad on the phone after finding out. He called to tell me the plans, that he was coming home to get us, and…
I remember being very scared and nervous to go to school that day, and the day before my grandma had bought me a whole bag of candy. So the only reasonable thing to do was bring the candy to school. I filled my entire backpack with the candy, and off to school I went. When I got to school you had to wait in a line to get your bag checked. I was getting pretty nervous because I didn’t want to get into trouble because of all my candy in my bag. When I got to the front of the line I went to Mrs. Rezab because I knew her. When I got to her she dumped my bag upside down and tons of candy fell out.…
It was 2009 and I had been in sixth grade for a couple of months. I was on the phone with one of my friends from school when my mom called through my door for me to come out into the living room. I ignored her and kept talking for a few minutes when she called me out again. I rolled my eyes and told my friend I would call her right back. I walked into the living room and it seemed odd to me that both my sisters and dad were all out there too. I watched my mom take a deep breath with my dad by her side. As she began to speak her voice shook and gloss covered her eyes. “The doctors found a lump in my last mammogram.” she said. “It came back as cancer. I’m going to have to get treatment but I’m going to be okay.” No one else said a word, we all…
Finally by the time we got home I went straight to my mom and dads room and I noticed “I WAS MISSING A TOOTH” I screamed at the top of my lungs and my mom rushed to the room but eventually I stopped screaming and calmly laid down on the bed and fell asleep while watching the show Phineas and Ferb(I was only 6 so I should be aloud to watch the show alright).The next day when I woke up I smelled heaven and right away I knew what it was my grandmas pancakes!I rushed out of bed and ran as fast as I could to the dining room. I was just on time because the pancakes were about to be ready. After…
I ride my bike to my grandma’s house on a warm sunny day. Then I knocked on her door, and I got in. When I got in she told me that she was going to make a cake, little balls with sugar on top, and really good bread. Then she she told me if i wanted to help her i said yes for the cake i helped putting the eggs in the bowl. I also helped her get the rest of the ingerdens and she put them in the bowl.…
I was just a small town boy who loved being a kid and spending time with family. I grew up in a small town in southern Alabama wasn’t well known to anyone who didn’t live there. I lived on a little farm with my mama, papa and my two younger brothers. My youngest brother John was 6 years younger than me, and the middle brother Jim was about 2 years younger than me. A year and a half after my youngest brother was born, my papa and I were out working in the fields and we were picking some corn to go with our dinner. He started looking like he was getting tired. I asked what was wrong and he said that he wasn’t feeling good, so we decided to head back to the house and on the way back my papa clutched his chest, fell to his knees and he died right then and there from a heart attack. I had to run home and tell my poor mama what happened. My mama took it really hard and didn’t know how we…
I remember being asked if I wanted to go to his funeral or not. At first I didn’t want to deal with it and just wanted to hide away from all of it. Then I found out my mom was going and I thought it would be nice to be with her out of a facility. My grandfather died of kidney cancer, but since 9/11 was going on while he was in the hospital, they said he woke up thinking he was in it. This probably happen because everyone that visited him watched the coverage while they were in the room. Even though he had died, that week wasn’t so bad because I got to spend it with my mom. Although, the week coming home was unbearable because with her I was able to forget about all of our problems and pretend everything was back to normal. The events of 9/11 and my grandfather passing made me realize that even though my family was going through a lot, with the kindness of those around us, we were going to survive. I didn’t live with my mom again until I was 20 and she needed help with my brother, but I kept moving forward in my…
Artist and musician, Betty Who, tells the story of her lover asking for forgiveness.The relentless attempt towards regaining Betty’s love involves constantly admitting his wrongs and showing his true love for Who.The dispute throughout the line is deciding to give her ex- boyfriend a second chance or ending their relationship.Towards the end of her line she realizes her lover really does love her after considering all the great memories they have shared.The second chance is granted as she summarizes the decision saying “I want you to give me all of you”.…
One ordinary day at home, our phone rang and my mother answered it as if she would answer any other phone calls. The one thing that hit me was when she started to cry. As a kid, I went and hugged her keeping…
She died suddenly in her sleep, while my grandfather was the only one at home. This was a great…
I was 6 years old, my mom and soon to be step dad were in vegas getting married I stayed at my grandmas and grandpas house for a few days it was. I was in the kitchen making a bead bracelet for my mom when the phone rang. It was my dad. Grandma answered it, he asked if I wanted to come stay with him for the night with his girlfriend and her daughter. She said no at first but I begged her to say yes. She gave up almost 5 minutes into the arguing and let me go. My dad didn't have a driver's license at the time so my grandma drove me there.…