Essays on Grandparent

While growing up, I would always visit my grandparents in Russia during summer. My grandparents lived on a dacha (a small farmhouse) in a small village in the middle of the forest, and I would help them manage the farm the couple months I was...

My Last Living Grandparent My last living grandparent is my grandmother on my mother’s side. She was born here in Spokane in July of 1935 to my great-grandparents, Lorenzo Scalero and Ellen Menetti. I’m sure those names sound Italian, and of course they are. My...

The Horned Toad” Prompt “She hated the city,” narrator Gerald Haslam stated in the short narrative, The Horned Toad. Within this narrative, Haslam tells of the time his great-grandmother moves into his household. He explains his first impression of the “old lady” is somewhat negative....

After I graduated high school, I received my first acceptance letter from a university in Riyadh. This is the capital city, but is located about two hours from my hometown, which was unfortunate. Due to my father’s job my family could not accompany me so...

Many people believe that if you do one thing wrong, you are automatically bad. Actions don’t always reflect someone’s ability to be a “good person” but mostly everyone will judge people on their actions not on what they really have to offer.Everyone in the world...

The relationship between grandmother and grandchildren are unique because at that age where the grandmother is like the child. she treats her grandchildren like the heroes. Close grandparent-grandchildren relationships are often strong family ties overall as people are living longer, these bonds are becoming even...

Maya Angelou who wrote “Grandmother” is a novelist and poet and grew up in the south. She lived with her grandmother, who is named mother in the book, Uncle Willie, and brother Bailey. They faced many problems of racism and segregation throughout their lives. When...

I waited eagerly with tears of happiness gleaming in my eyes. There I was at John F. Kennedy International in June of 2017, waiting for my grandparents to arrive in America for the first time; I hadn’t seen them in 11 years. For a moment...

Having grandchildren is supposed to be a storybook experience featuring snapshots of laughter and hugs, the pleasure to indulge the little ones with gifts and extra helpings of dessert before returning them to Mom and Dad. But for growing numbers of grandparents, joyful dates with...

As a child, my grandmother was someone I looked up to. I mean this less in the literal sense. Her arrivals at the front door were a cause for celebration. I would leap into her open arms as a large smile appeared across her face,...

In her short story “A Good Man is Hard to Find” Flannery O’Connor tells the story of a family taking a trip down to Florida. Man known as “the Misfit” has escaped police custody and is claimed to be at large around the area. The...

Although we live in an unpredictable world, where families and relationships break. Kids even have to live away from their mother or father. Well, nobody underestimates the significance of parents for a child’s wellbeing. However, the importance of grandparents is often underestimated in this regard....

Growing up is one of the toughest things in life. We all must path that will help us as we grow older. There would be times when we will not make the right decision which we would later regret in our life for a lifetime....

Life is an unpredictable thing. In a short moment, things can change drastically. It doesn’t matter whether it is in a good or a bad way, it pares how insignificantly small time this change takes. If someone compliments you on the way to work, you...