Personal Narrative: Going To Grandma's Funeral

So I eventually get myself together and dragged myself through the hall following the scent bacon which lead me to the kitchen. As soon as I walk into the kitchen my mom asked “Guess what?” I responded with a “I don't know.” She then said “You have a softball tournament in Arizona!” I was of course thrilled, but then I remembered that my dad will never allow me to got to Arizona, especially for of a

My grandmother, also, received a new home in Tuba City, and she was not keen to residing in a town. She was accustomed to living in the open, and having her pets and livestock. She was brought up in this way of life. Throughout my childhood, my siblings and I would go out her place for the summer to assist in any chores, while we spent time with cousins and relatives. We called this place “sheep camp”.

Dealing with the death of a loved one can be an emotionally difficult experience, but by effectively dealing with the grief, I was able to successfully recover and move on. Two years ago, my family and I got the horrendous news that my aunt, who raised my mom, had passed away after a long journey of lung failure. It was truly a tough burden for all of us to endure. To begin with, I mourned over the loss for such a long stretch of time. I would frequently be recollecting all of the memories and unforgettable times that we had together. Crying was another phase of the mourning process for me, and because of this I went through a very sad period in my life. Secondly, I harbored a great deal of anger towards the situation as a whole, even though

It’s abandoned, completely isolated, and still has furniture, clothes, and toys that my mother had when she was little. I would like to visit this place with my grandma and mother too, because I feel like a chance like this would never happen again. The home is hard to find, and only my grandmother can locate it. It’s very difficult to get to because there’s no roads or any signs for direction, it’s all based off of my grandma’s memory.

May 15th 2014 The sombre ceremony drew to an end as the teak coffin was clamped shut and lowered into the ground. No trumpets blared and no guns fired. No one shed any tears and no one cared except me because no one was there. With a heavy heart, I turn away and begin the long walk home.

After a death or loss of something close, people usually react similarly by going through the five stages of grief. These stages include denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. During a death of my Great Aunt, my family went through the stages of grief. I was close with her when I was younger, but I do not have many memories I remember with her so I did not experience much grief. On the other hand, my Great Uncle went through a lot of grief since she was his older sister.

She then asked where my parents were, and where my brother was. “I don't know about mama and papa, nana.. But Jose, he died a couple of days ago.” She began to cry, but all I could do was smile, because she was my grandmother, and she wasn't dead. I told her I had to go, and I would meet up with her later, so I walked down the hall after the young boy whom I had met earlier, I could see him, barely.

A little bit later inherited one hundred twelve dollars for all of her possessions under her claim. Instead of moving back

In the 1860s, the Civil War became active and the family 's financialcrumbled. They could not maintain the upkeep of the house.

She still managed to put food on our plate and a roof over our head as a single mother with 3 kids. For that, I am grateful. For that, I wouldn’t be the person I am today if it wasn’t for the struggle, but still try to push forward to provide for

She would take them from the master’s homes or their plantation

Would we want to spend time there? We kind of think no. The house may have a personality, but it 's not a very nice one. It has an almost "mechanical paranoia," and it continues on "senselessly, uselessly" with its tasks. When a dying dog comes in, the house doesn 't think "oh no, we have to help the dog"—it 's just "angry at having to pick up

I knew that the event that would affect my life and the lives of those around me was approaching. 9 months is more than enough time to truly digest what the arrival of new life would entail and yet I am only scratching the surface of my new role now that we are a year past that fateful 3rd of July.

Older people tell stories all the time about their childhoods and what it was like back then, but do people really listen? I find myself asking this questions when I think of my own grandparents. It makes me wonder if I really know them or not. My Grandma Shirley is a 77 year old outgoing woman who makes everyone laugh. Born in the 1940’s definitely allowed her to experience many aspects of life that I wasn't able to experience myself. I knew that life was different many decades ago but I didn't realize how different until I asked my grandma about how her family was like growing up, or how it was like interacting with her friends. Other Social changes like going to school and having relationships in those times might be unusual to my generation today but back then it was just everyday things people like my grandma enjoyed doing.

I believe the greatest one is the Jazz funeral because this isn’t a boring funeral, like most funerals are just burying the body this one actually more fun and unique then all the other ones and I’m pretty sure everyone is probably doing this one since the jazz funeral is the best one. It’s unique and enjoyable because a jazz marching band leads the coffin and everyone else, while playing gloomy music, but when they finish burying the coffin, they play cheerful upbeat music and everyone even starts dancing, they all dance and share stories of their dead loved one. I like this one and everyone should too because even though this is not as weird as some other ones, it’s not that lame or boring, it’s pretty calm.