Remembering My Great-Grandmother What does phenomenal mean to you? One dictionary states phenomenal means very remarkable. My great grandmother was a very sophisticated and remarkable woman. Phenomenal should have been her first name, because that she was. My great grandmother was a rare breed; many do not come like that anymore. Memories of my great grandmother take me to a happy place, and hold a special place in my heart. On December 15, 1924 in an overcrowed room full of chaos an angel was born. Screaming from the top of her lungs, you knew she was alive. A little special and unique lady name Annie Mae Rankins; someone very different in society. Mrs. Annie Mae Rankins-Chambers had a heart made of gold. My great grandmother heart was very …show more content…
She was determined to give her family a great life even though it was hard at times. Cooking, cleaning, baby sitting, paying bills, and staying active in church took up most of her time. Not one time did my great grandmother complain; instead, she embraced life and took it day by day.
The act of kindness comes by very seldom. “Being kind and generous to people will take you very far in life” is what my great grandmother always told me. Smiling from ear to ear, eyes gazing across the room and that special touch are all it took for her to make someone day. Many days were made if you were surrounded by her and saw that big, bright, and beautiful smile. Soft hands are what she had from giving her entire life. No one went without, you could be a total stranger but she would give you her last.
Loving each other is what our family believed in. We only had one back bone within our family and it was Mrs. Annie Mae. She kept us together during the hardest times. Each holiday, the holiday spirit flooded the house with pure happiness and joy. The sound of various categories of music was interesting, and made everyone so happy. Our taste buds ‘jumped off the walls’ because of all the delicious foods and deserts she hand prepared. Happiness and joy is what my great grandmother was all
... her children, and gave people hope to see through the darkness. The theme truly is "what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger". Granny is humanity. Humanity's need to give reason and purpose to life sets us up for disappointment. It is human nature to expect, whether good or bad, there is reason for our existence that someone will always be there to save us, especially in something as final as death. Granny surely believed her "jiltings" would be corrected upon her death because of her religious beliefs. But even in death, life tries to break you, and even in death you can find strength, the strength to blow out your own candle.
Family seemed to be important with this family. They often spent time with her family during the holiday season. They have family over when the kids are having birthdays. They spend time together as a family going camping.
They worked very hard to provide for each other and their families, and for the three children that they would eventually give birth to. My father in his old age often tells stories of how he worked many odd jobs while studying with every minute of his spare time. My mother sometimes mentions the difficulty that she, her sisters, and her mother had with transitioning to living in America. And yet despite all these hardships, they managed to stay strong and live amazing lives. In the spare time they would tell my brothers and me these stories to teach us the importance of hard work and tenacity, just like my grandparents had told my parents when they were children. My parents were never the most emotionally open people, and with it is understandable. Their strong, tough exteriors were the results of many decades of hard work and survival. It was considered weak to show vulnerability. For this reason my parents showed little emotion, and taught my brothers and I to do the same no matter how harsh we are treated. But they also comforted us, saying that this "harshness" is just how adults are, and under the harshness is love and care that connects our family together. Despite their toughness, my parents always try their best to provide love in their own
Many historical figures have shaped the way we live today. We look back as a society and learn from their mistakes and achievements that have made them who they are and always will be. Most importantly, we never forget what has made them so special in our minds. Mary Baker Eddy was one of the many who made history because of her great deeds and accomplishments. Nonetheless, she is not famous to many people because of what she was, but she is famous for what she has left our world. The greatest individuals are those who leave their work for others to discover.
“Sometimes it 's easy to walk by because we know we can 't change someone 's whole life in a single afternoon. But what we fail to realize it that simple kindness can go a long way toward encouraging someone who is stuck in a desolate place.” ~ Mike Yankoski
She was the nicest lady you could ever meet. If you needed almost anything, she was more than happy to give that too you, even if she didn't have much of it herself. She always had people staying at her house because she never wanted anyone not to have a place to stay.
The ancient Greeks storyteller Aesop said, “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” Thoughtful acts can help people in great ways. Being kind is really important because it helps with people problems. Helping people can make them happy and they could end up helping you as well.
It was a Monday night; I remember it like it was yesterday. I had just completed my review of Office Administration in preparation for my final exams. As part of my leisure time, I decided to watch my favorite reality television show, “I love New York,” when the telephone rang. I immediately felt my stomach dropped. The feeling was similar to watching a horror movie reaching its climax. The intensity was swirling in my stomach as if it were the home for the butterflies. My hands began to sweat and I got very nervous. I could not figure out for the life of me why these feelings came around. I lay there on the couch, confused and still, while the rings continued. My dearest mother decided to answer this eerie phone call. As she picked up, I sat straight up. I muted the television in hopes of hearing what the conversation. At approximately three minutes later, the telephone fell from my mother’s hands with her faced drowned in the waves of water coming from her eyes. She cried “Why?” My Grandmother had just died.
Whenever a child is born, there is always a grandmother. There are the ones we should respect the most, as they for sure have tasted more salt than the amount of rice you have eaten. As many as the twelve horoscopes there for you to match your personality to the star sign you belong to, there are also different kinds of grandmothers you will find in Singapore.
Family : My Grandmother Mildred truly defined the word family as I have come to learn and live it. Holidays and family gatherings were the celebrations they were because they were surrounded by Grandma’s love. I watched family such as my late uncle Reginald become the amazing family man he was because of traditions instilled by his mother. I have also seen her daughter - my aunt Milinda – raise three beautiful children by the love and traditions passed down from Grandma. I, of course, owe most of who I am from Grandma’s love passed down through my own mother Rayetta and her husband George, whom Grandma so highly regarded.
Something that I really struggled with was the passing of my Grandmother. She was a strong woman and an inspiration to everybody in my family. I think that I struggled with it because she was a great human being, I kind of looked up to her a bit, and of course she was part of my family. I think that along with her passing, I struggled with the fact that she died when I thought that she did nothing wrong in her entire life and did not deserve to die. Mainly the fact that she was a really good person and she just died like that.
Kindness is the key to most everything. Being kind means taking the high road, even when someone has wronged you. It means serving other people, even under inconvenient circumstances.It involves looking for the good in others, and even helping them to see the good in themselves. Kindness is spreading happiness to make other’s day better and by making them smile. Kindness is defending those who are picked on by others, sitting by those who are lonely, and saying hi to someone in the hall. Kindness is being someone who wants to build up those around them.
Even in these circumstances she always said, “ I love all my babies”. Those who truly cared for her well being felt it was best she move up north with my grandmother.
They say grandparents, are the two most favorite people in the world to children. Grandparents are the main characters of your childhood, they are the ones that leave you with the most beautiful memories of your life. Some grandparent’s teach you a very valuable lesson of life, they teach you respect, hard work, family values, and unlimited love. They show you their love in many ways, they say I love you in words as well as actions. Grandparents are the ones that sometimes get you out of trouble and guide you to the correct path. They show you trust, a trust that cannot never be broken.
This lady is the most wonderful person I 've ever met. She is old, affectionate, and intelligent. It took me eighteen years to realize how much this extraordinary person influenced my life. She 's the type of person who charms everyone with her stories and experiences. She always time for her family and friends. She is the kind of leader who does everything to keep her family together and in harmony. She is my grandmother.