Personal Narrative: My Interview With Gloria Ann Foley Mason

I interviewed my grandma, Gloria Ann Foley Mason. She is 68 years old, I decided to interview her because she is a kind, happy, funny, and a bit crazy!
My grandma went to school in 1954, when she was in 1st grade. She graduated high school in 1966, she graduated college in 1970. She went to school from 1st – 8th grade at St. Norbrooks and DLG. In High School she went to Chartiers Valley, when she went to college she went to Edinboro State Community College to get her teaching degree. When she was in 1st – 3rd grade she walked to school, but then they got a bus. Some of the extra curricular activities she did was in 8th grade she was a cheerleader, in high school she was on the drill team, she did drama club, dance club, Italian club and
shows were "The Lone Ranger", "Howdy Doody Show", "Rin Tin Tin", "Lassie", and "Mickey Mouse.” She got her 1st T. V. when she was 3 or 4 and it was black and white. Her favorite radio show was “Wamo.” The sport she did was cheerleading. Her favorite music was Elvis and the Beatles. Her favorite board game was Monopoly.
A dozen eggs were 15c, a gallon of milk was 20c, and a loaf of bread was 20c. Her 1st car she bought was a brand new Maverick that was $6,000. Her college fee was an average of $1,200. Her 1st apartment was only $150 monthly.
Her favorite family tradition was when they would go to the beach every year. The celebrations and special family moments that stood out to her was every Christmas Eve, when they would have a big party. Her family immigrated in 1901 and 1902 from Italy to New Jersey. Some of the jobs she had was when she was 14 she would wash and style lady’s hairs. When she washed it would be $1.50. When she did their hair it was $2.00 a person. She also worked at convenience store that was open all the time. She was the cashier and meat slicer. She was also the cashier at a clothing store. She finally followed her dreams and became a teacher after college. She loved all her
When I first looked at my grandma I looked like a cute baby who was crying for her mom. My grandma has always said that I look like my mom. When I was born I had blond hair like my mom, big blue eyes like my mom, and a mix between my mom and my dad’s nose. When I was learning how to talk I had a favorite saying until I was 5 and that saying was “wook at dat.” One of her favorite things about me is how I am able to remember things. She likes to say that doorways are portals and that whenever she walks through a portal she will forget something, and if she walks back into the room she left through the same portal/ door way she will remember it. Or she could just ask me what she