ready for my friend’s birthday party at a waterpark. I went into my mom’s room to ask her when we were leaving and it looked like she had been crying. I asked her what was wrong and she said “nothing honey‚ we are leaving soon.” I had a good time‚ but was a little worried in the back of my mind that something wasn’t right. That’s when I realized that something was up. After the party was over‚ on the drive home my mom explained why she was upset. She told me that grandma was very sick and needed
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The way white citizens in the United States treated the black citizens in this country was vile in the 50’s. The whites’ futile behavior towards the black people caused a massive‚ belligerent rival between the white and black people. Nine black students‚ from Little Rock Arkansas‚ were selected to attend the integration of an all white school called Central High School. One of the black students‚ Melba Pattillo Beals‚ wrote her experience of her integration with her eight friends in the novel‚ Warriors
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life. The first person I would write to would be my grandma. I would choose this person because my grandma raised me since I was born. She treated me with an abundance of care that I thought she was my mom. Whenever I’m sick‚ I would go to her house and she takes care of me. My grandma is always my number one fan. She never missed a basketball game‚ concert‚ award ceremony‚ homecoming‚ prom and my birthdays. I’ve always celebrated all of my birthdays
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mother. Every holiday and family gathering was held at my grandparent’s house. Everything from birthdays to Christmas the whole family gathered. My grandparents had 4 children and 13 grandchildren. Somehow‚ we all seemed to fit in this small home. There was a lot of fun to be had at their house. In the corner of the backyard was the swing set. Next to the swing set was grandma’s garden. Grandma Martin grew rhubarb‚ carrots‚ tomatoes‚ lettuce‚ sweet peas and peppers. In the far corner of the
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I chose to interview my Grandma‚ Catherine Reda‚ for the Back Then assignment to get some insight into her life and understand what money was like when she was younger. The grandma I interviewed is my mom’s mom‚ she is currently 71 years old. She grew up in California‚ but then moved to Louisiana and then eventually to Michigan where she still resides today. Her very first job‚ other than babysitting‚ was when she went to LSU and worked at a local library making $.24 an hour. She went to school to
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home while their mom goes to see their grandma‚ who has her birthday. A wolf notices she goes‚ and dresses up as grandma to trick the children. Shang‚ however notices that she is a wolf‚ and tricks him by pulling him up in a basket to get the delicious gingko nuts of the gingko nut tree. She then drops the basket‚ the wolf is killed‚ and they go back into their house. In the story “Little Red Riding Hood”‚ little red riding hood goes to give food to her grandma‚ who is sick. On the way‚ she sees a
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I had brought my grandma a piece of my birthday cake that was left over from my party the day before‚ even though I didn’t know she couldn’t eat it because it had way too much sugar in it. I came back the next day to visit my grandma in hospice‚ and I noticed the cake was still sitting in the same spot I had left it the day before. I asked my mother‚ and my grandpa why she
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bag. The symbols in my medicine bag represent heritage‚ heirloom‚ a family tradition for‚ a tradition i plan to start. My first symbol is tamales to represent my heritage. Tamales is a kind of mexican food. They are made for christmas‚birthdays‚ new years. They are made all over mexico even where my parents were born. There’s different kinds of tamales like there are green‚ red‚ and cheese tamales. My second
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California trip. This will be my trip to california. From the days 25 throughout the 27. I mom was born there and grew up there. Her grandma is buried there and great grandma and her mom his buried there. We went to many different places. There was my whole family. There was My mom dad then my brothers Dylan‚ Michael‚ Tyler‚ Johnnie‚ and me. When I went to california it was may 25 2012. We went there for fun. Also my mom was born there and we saw the house she lived in. When we went to lunch we
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time spent with my grandma has been particularly special this past year. In September of 2014‚ my grandma‚ who I call Grammy‚ was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer after having a biopsy. Her journey so far has taught me to cherish the memories made and time spent with family. My parents received the news of my Grammy’s diagnosis in the beginning of October. My sister and I’s birthdays are both in the second week of October; my parents wanted us to enjoy our birthdays‚ so they waited until
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