Interview With Grandma

The first person I thought of to interview in my family would be my Great Grandma Laura. There are so many things about her that I don’t know, and there are many questions that I would want to ask her about when she was just a kid. If I could listen to her stories again, and see her smile one more time, then I would be satisfied. I definitely would want to ask her about her parents. Did we keep the traditions that you had with your parents?

For this assignment, I interviewed my grandmother. She was born in October of 1933, and she has lived in McMinnville, Tennessee for many decades. She is one of the few people I know who is old enough to remember it. Because of that, I chose to interview her over anyone else.

After interviewing BT, I don’t necessarily see her from a different perspective. I realized there was a lot I still didn’t know about my grandma. Now that I’m older we have grown apart. Unless something out of the ordinary happens, we only get together eight to ten times a year. This interview helped me to gain a better understanding what makes her the person she is today.

The simple bowl is deep cherry wood with a silver rimmed bottom that reflects my face upside down as a result of the polishing it has received over the years. The grain is worn, but still radiates the strength of the tree that it came from. As I run my finger over the inside of the cavernous salad bowl, it picks up some of the olive oil residue from the homemade Italian dressing that has seeped into every little grain of the bowl over years of use. Never subject to washings; we only wiped it out with a paper towel, to better flavor the crisp Boston bibb lettuce salads that it delivered at every family dinner. Just as the wood bowl, my grandmother was weathered and cracked by the trials of life. I could not be around her without leaving

My grandmother, Joan Stackhouse, has been the most influential woman in my life. She was born in the late 1930s and raised during the time where African Americans didn’t have many rights. She told me about a time where all she could do is clean houses to earn a couple cent to support the family. Her husband worked as a policeman and was barely home. When an educational opportunity became available she took advantage of it and began taking classes at Francis Marion University to later become a teacher’s aid. Today at almost 80 she’s battling Rheumatoid Arthritis, fibromyalgia, and a couple other things that comes with old age. But she remains strong. my grandmother has influenced me to remain strong regardless of the situation and has taught

Today I interviewed an elderly woman who is a resident in the County Nursing Home. As I entered her room, she was sitting up awake and alert. As we talked, I explained to her that as a nursing student, I'm required to complete a paper on any person over the age of sixty-five. I asked her if it would be okay to interview her. She enthusiastically agreed, therefore, I proceeded with the interview.

Sally Kay Brom always enters a room with a smile on her face, and her arms are always open wide to hugs from her grandchildren. My grandma was born on December 15, 1938. She grew up as the oldest of two sisters, and one brother. Dorothy Kampfschulte, her mother, was strong, independant, strict, and a great mom as my grandma had said, and her father had a temper, a good sense of humor, and loved playing cards. The entire family was strong in their faith. As a kid, my grandma attended kindergarten for half a day, St. Francis Xavier for middle school, and for high school she attended Catholic central. She was an all around good student. My grandma took dancing lessons, piano, liked to perform, and like to play checkers and the board game, “Uncle

During my time interview my grandma Moui, she stated her grandfather is named Thongdee Sophabmixay and he married my great great-grandmother Nang Laso. He was the mayor of the Muang Sami Tai of the Huaphanh province Laos. Her grandfather had married to three wives after each one of them dies and had nine children. Thongphet is Thongdee’s son which is my great grandfather and he married to Kang Koui which is my great-grandmother. Thongphet was a judge of Xiang Man City and he had nine children. However, three of the children die and the rest went to live in the country of United States, Australia, and Laos.

The modern day world is much different than it used to be one hundred years ago. Conditions now are very different from those of the past, such as how people communicate, dress, and live their daily lives. My grandmother, Linda, agreed to sit down with me and explain the changes and historic events she experienced throughout her lifetime. Her full name is Linda Marie Batye, and she was born on April 26th, 1947, making her sixty-nine years of age. Although she is retired, Linda was an executive assistant at South County Bank in Boone County. After divorcing my grandfather before I was born, she now resides in Columbia with her dog, Squirt. After asking her many questions, I began to weave historic events and her life together.

I interview my maternal great-grandmother, Jane Franklin. She is 81 years old and she was born in Shelter Island, Long Island, NY. She currently lives in Aiken, SC, but she just recently moved from Chula Vista, CA. Both of her grandparents were born in New York. Her mother was born in Aiken, SC, and her father was born in Corona, Queens, NY. She grew up in New York City with her mother, sister, and brother in an urban setting. Many African American families also lived in their neighbors

Will the older generation know as much about sexual assault as my peers and I? That was the main question I was trying to solve before going into an interview with my grandma. I went into the interview having no idea whether my grandma would be as knowledgeable as I am or not. I have always looked up to my grandma and seen her as a role model. She’s always seemed to know the answers to any of my questions and is the wisest person I know. I thought the interview process was going to be easy, since I have a very good relationship with my grandma. I had set up an organized method of how I was going to ask the questions and was eager to call her. She was excited to receive a call from me as usual, and I was excited to find out the answer to my question.

I interviewed my 74-year-old Grandfather Larry Will. He was born October 16, 1942 to Frances Patry Will and Edwin Will, he was the 3rd out of 6 children. I personally enjoyed interviewing my Grandfather, due to the relationship I have with him. We’ve never discussed his past life like this before. It was great too get to know him more. In which, I found his memories to be profoundly enlightening. I could tell that he wanted to key on topic and stay formal. I plan to keep this interview to share after time is passed to other family members.

When asked to do an interview on someone that we admire, that Is old enough to be our grandparent I chose Susan Nelson, my grandma, to interview. I decided to ask her about what it was like growing up.

Upon completion of this assignment, I received the opportunity to interview my great-aunt, Jacqueline Izora Burns Torrance. It was great to get in contact with her and learn about her life and parts of mine along the way. Aunt Jackie is 65 years old is a very inspiring woman who prides herself on her relationship with Christ, being very work-oriented, having upstanding morals/values, and being resilient.

My grandmother, Esther Turner, has impacted my life in more ways than just simply being there for me, as a grandmother. She’s much more than that, in my eyes. Being the eldest of three, I’ve always taken on more responsibility as the older sister. It was my job to show my little brother and sister which paths were safe to take in this wild, confusing maze called life. At times, I felt like a mother myself, and at a young age, I found myself slightly intimidated by all the responsibilities that were laid on my shoulders. The main person I could talk to freely and openly, without judgment, was my grandmother. We have always been able to speak to each other about any and everything, nothing was off limits. That’s what I think brought us so close, the fact that she accepted me entirely for the person I presented to her.