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    grandparents. They had their own saloon. The picture tells me that my grand parents didn’t care about the law. As long as they made money‚ which they did. They also had a bartender to serve the alcohol. The picture also shows my grandma‚ standing by the bar standing proud. My grandma looked like she was well to do off. Meaning that she had money. This was the depression‚ money was scarced. She looks like she’s wearing a expensive dress with high heels‚ along with a leather hand bag. The saloon is outside

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    fully live her life as a child and whom is still living vicariously in the past. In Flannery O’Connor‚ “A Good Man is Hard to Find" in this classic short story opening scene the author introduces us to an unappealing family‚ a vain and a scheming grandma who lives in the past‚ her taciturn son Bailey‚ his passive wife and baby‚ and their difficult children‚ June Star and John Wesley. The family plans to travel on vacation from their home in Georgia to the state of Florida. John Wesley‚ eight years

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    African-American children are being raised with their grandparents as primary care givers. It is not unusual at all that Grandma Marietta cares for Lanesha. The African-American community is really known for taking care of their families‚ despite the amount of single parents in the community. The thoughts of the role of the grandmother has changed over the years‚ where once it was thought grandma was a person of wisdom and strength‚ she is now full time care giver due to her own adult children not caring

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    Figure 5 is a photo of my grandma in a bathing suit while on vacation in Atlantic City‚ NJ. The picture is dated September of 1967. She is wearing a high waist bathing suit bottom with a white stripe up the side and a scoop neck bathing top with a scalloped edge that has a daisy on each scallop. This bathing suit reveals some of her midriff‚ but not bearing her navel. Kennedy (2007) makes a note about bathing suit styles‚ “whereas the 1950’s were all about the bosoms and hips‚ the 1960s focused on

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    Gluten Persuasive Letter

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    Dear Grandma‚ Hello‚ I hope you are doing well and I just recently recieved your letter about changing to a gluten free diet. I think it is interesting your best friend is encouraging you to do this and I am glad you asked for my guidance‚ Grandma! To start off‚ I did research the topic in order to give you the best information possible on a gluten free diet. According to an article in The Guardian by Emine Saner (2015)‚ gluten is a protein that contains gliadin and glutenin. It can be found in numerous

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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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    rough‚ I’ve been through hell and back‚ and growing up I wasn’t close to my grandparents because I felt they favored the other grandchildren so me and my grandma never got along. The day my little sister Kacey was adopted out was the day I made the biggest mistake of my life. My grandma and I argued about the dumbest stuff ever and when my grandma stood up in court and blamed my great grandparents for being alcoholics and not being able to care for another kid was the day that made me mad‚ I thought

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    Sweet Memories

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    for my blanky‚ my faithful companion for the past few years‚ my source of comfort throughout stormy days. I buried my nose into the silky blue quilt; the familiar smell somehow brought a nostalgic feeling to my soul. Blanky always reminded me of grandma. Memories locked deep in my heart that I tried ever so hard to forget flooded my mind once again; I hurriedly blinked away the tears that was brimming on the edge of my lashes… I remember the days‚ when grandmother was still around

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    What Food Means to Me

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    is a tradition that my great grandma Turnipseed started over 60 years ago with our family to bring us closer together. As our family grew‚ so did Sunday Dinner and pretty soon there were twenty to thirty people attending every Sunday. My grandma would slave over our meal all day‚ while the rest of the family sat and visited. These dinners were always really special to me because I lived in Seattle while my grandma and the rest of my family lived in Wenatchee. Grandma Turnipseed dinners were a rare

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    in the 1920s in North Dakota. Lipsha Morrissey‚ who is the primary character‚ narrates in first person. From the beginning‚ Lipsha was taken in from his grandma and grandpa Kashpaw and by the looks of it‚ Lipsha is passionately loyal to his grandparents‚ especially to his grandma. His grandparents live in a town at a senior citizen home. His grandma is more of a determined and motivated person rather than his grandpa is aggressive and unfaithful. Lipsha has a gift of being able to heal‚ which is the

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