My Grandmother Story

Grandmothers can change our lives, Influence us, and most importantly, make references and jokes we will never understand. We can truly learn a lot from people who came from another generation, and to us, another world. My Grandmother has taught me and the world around her how to hold high morals and be kind to one another. I will be sharing with you the life story of my Grandma, Joan Van Buskirk, a typical woman who has had an anything but typical impact on the world. Grandma Joan was born in February 1943 in a small town called Carthage South Dakota, she was born in her small home, on the country side of the town. Grandma Joan was born the youngest of all her siblings, so young that her siblings were all out of the house, on their own. Her parents were older, and didn 't like much comotion, her dad, great Grandpa, hated noise, the house never saw much clamor. A daily schedule for Grandma Joan was going to school, coming home, and occupying herself till dinner, after they eat dinner, then her and her parents would go to sleep.. This was my grandma 's routine every day. Years of this passed and Grandma found herself in high school, it was quite a

Well, after they did leave, Grandma had a case of Empty nest syndrome (the listlessness that comes when child is old enough, then leaves the house) Grandma decided that with her free time she suddenly found herself with an abundance of, she would include charity and volunteer work in her routine. I admire my Grandma for her personality, she 's not the person to wait around doing nothing, my Grandma wants to make a positive difference for others. After a few years, my Grandma, heard that she was going to become a Grandma. As she described it it was “All the amazing things about babies, without the work. It was someone else 's responsibility now”. After all the grandkids all rolled out my Grandma had so very much to show for years of hard