Personal Narrative: My Grandma By Lucille Knutson-Bosen
My grandma, Lucille Knutson-Bosen, changed my life in three ways. She taught me to be kind to everyone, to show my strength, and to cherish the people I have in my life.
I have never seen a person who isn’t famous have so many people look up to them. My grandma loved making people feel welcome; she was the kind of grandma people wished to have.
My grandma taught me to be strong but more specifically how to be strong mentally. In the seventies my grandma was diagnosed with Stage Four Melanoma skin cancer. Although this was a very hard time for her, she never once stopped smiling. She loved singing songs, especially “You are my Sunshine” by Johnny Cash. We would belt the song until we lost our voices. She showed me that even when I’m going
through a rough time, there is joy in little things like watching movies, playing sports or singing songs with the people you love the most.
My grandma always made an effort to make us very close. I loved going to my grandma’s big farmhouse for a few weeks in the summer. Every time I would get there my grandma would make my favorite cookies, Peanut butter blossoms. She always said, “There is always something worth smiling for!” That always did make me smile! I remember the last time she made me my favorite cookies she put them in the oven, About ten minutes later she checked on them and they were still in dough form. We thought the oven was broken because it was so old, but then we saw she never preheated the oven! We thought it was so funny, it's my favorite memory to tell people.
My grandma shaped me into the person I am today. When she passed away in December 2016, I promised myself I would keep living in her legacy. I can truly say Lucille Knutson-Bosen changed my life.
I have never seen a person who isn’t famous have so many people look up to them. My grandma loved making people feel welcome; she was the kind of grandma people wished to have.
My grandma taught me to be strong but more specifically how to be strong mentally. In the seventies my grandma was diagnosed with Stage Four Melanoma skin cancer. Although this was a very hard time for her, she never once stopped smiling. She loved singing songs, especially “You are my Sunshine” by Johnny Cash. We would belt the song until we lost our voices. She showed me that even when I’m going
through a rough time, there is joy in little things like watching movies, playing sports or singing songs with the people you love the most.
My grandma always made an effort to make us very close. I loved going to my grandma’s big farmhouse for a few weeks in the summer. Every time I would get there my grandma would make my favorite cookies, Peanut butter blossoms. She always said, “There is always something worth smiling for!” That always did make me smile! I remember the last time she made me my favorite cookies she put them in the oven, About ten minutes later she checked on them and they were still in dough form. We thought the oven was broken because it was so old, but then we saw she never preheated the oven! We thought it was so funny, it's my favorite memory to tell people.
My grandma shaped me into the person I am today. When she passed away in December 2016, I promised myself I would keep living in her legacy. I can truly say Lucille Knutson-Bosen changed my life.