My great grandparents, Joe Seymour and Bonnie Hudkins were my grandfather’s parents on my dad’s side, and they changed the denomination in which they believe several times. Joe grew up going to an Episcopal church as a boy, but as a young man, he converted to the Lutheran church when he married my great-grandmother Bonnie who was born and raised a Lutheran. While my grandfather was young, my great-grandfather sent him without telling my great-grandmother to an Episcopal Boys Home to correct his
has made me the person that I am today and it has impacted my life greatly. I did a little research to find out all that I could about my family 's history. I spoke with my Grandmother on my dad 's side who told me that her mother was born in Lebanon. She came to the U.S. when she was 14 years old with her father, brother and two sisters. They came through Ellis Island and started a new life in New Brunswick, New Jersey. My Grandmother married another Lebanese whom she met while living in New
emotions associated with death and the resulting absence it leaves in people 's lives are the saddest parts, not the act of passing itself. For me, it has always been the realization that this person has vanished from my life forever and the emptiness, however small, that they leave behind, that brings true sadness and fear. Even the smallest of presences in life can seem unfathomably large once it 's gone. My great grandmother lived in Los Angeles, and I saw her maybe once or twice a year. She was old
Alicia Donovan leans causally against the railing of her grandmother 's porch, smoldering cigarette in hand, watching the cars and passerbys going up and down Mount Pleasant Avenue in Providence. A beat up Chevrolet with blasting rap music slows down and Donovan exchanges good natured insults with the four or five boys inside. Teasingly, she makes and obscene gesture and the car takes off up the street, leaving the air thick with the distinct smell of muffler smoke and the fading strains of DMX.
the 1990’s Nepal was in Demographic Transition Stage 2 also known as Agriculture Revolution.The Birth rate is still high and so is the Infant Mortality rate but the Death rate began to fall because, in this time period, folks aren’t moving around anymore instead they take care of the crops and live in the houses with a stable source of food. The average fertility in Stage 2 is over 5 but this model doesn’t fit our family because I don’t have any siblings and am an only child. My parents faced many
past decade, my grandmother had been apart of the St. Joseph's Bluffs assistant for living in Jefferson City. Therefore, I would like to express my sincere and deep appreciation for the outstanding care the staff provided my grandmother in her last days. I would like to express how being outdoors and going places had an effect on my grandmother. I would like to show my thanks to Chaplain Mueller and the chapel inside the nursing home. I would also like to talk about my grandmother´s battle with Parken´s
My ancestors are the Phoenician people who vanished from history 2,000 years ago. They are the one that created the alphabets and taught us to read. All of my grandparents and great grandparents lived in Lebanon, some in the village and some in the city Beirut. Their religion background was Christian-catholic, orthodox, and evangelical. My great grandmother and her children were the first people in my family to move to the U.S. which later I would talk about their experiences and careers they
lessons, along with making us stronger. Each and everyone 's tests are different. Such as peer pressure, problems with self-image or even learning how to carry on after a loved one has passed. During the Autumn of seventh grade my Grandfather passed away and even though I 'm sad about this it 's made me stronger. It was a hard test, but without the lessons I learned I wouldn 't be who I am today. In the end the term oil we face is worthwhile. It 's not the breaths you take that matter, but the moments
My Grandmother died a couple months ago. It wasn 't a sudden thing. It was a long time coming. I was standing in the kitchen with my dad when he picked up the phone. He frowned, flicked his eyes to me, to my mother then back to me. He mumbled some confirmations then said, “That 's fine. I’ll be there shortly, thank you.” He set the phone down on the table, and just briefly, I think I caught a fleeting glimpse of a smile. I had known she was sick. My dad had mentioned it briefly, as if it was just
My mother 's heritages are Chinese and Portuguese and Puerto Rican. She gets the Chinese from her father and her Portuguese and Puerto Rican from her mother. As far as my mother 's Chinese heritage they did not really practice it because she has grown up on Maui her whole life. Her Puerto Rican and Portuguese heritage was kept alive through different Puerto Rican and Portuguese foods. We also got our faith from that side of the family because catholicism is very popular in Puerto Rico and Portugal