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Quotes From Tending Roses

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In the story, Tending Roses, Katie reads her grandmother’s journal. After reading it, she promises to look out for fireflies the next day. I believe she did this because her grandmother’s jounal entry made her realize how she does not pay attention to the outside world enough. In her grandmother’s jounal, her grandma expressed how she whe remembered what it felt like when she had seen those sights so mezmorizing. Those sights that her grandma described seemed comforting and welcoming. I believe this brings Katie to want to expirience the same thing because she wants to live in her grandmother’s memories. While reading her mothers she becomes aware of things such as speding more enjoying yourself and not constantly put your back on the world.

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