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My Grandpa
Filed Under (Uncategorized) by stephanief on 21-02-2008
Have you ever lost an important person in your life? Well, I have.It all started on a cool, breezy afternoon when the trees were dancing in the wind while in my house in El Paso, Texas. I had asked my grandpa, “Grandpa,what are you doing?” He replied, “Getting some money,” “But why?” I asked still unsure.”Because I’m going to take you to the movies,” he replied.”But Grandpa,” I said “You don’t look so good. I assured him,”We’ll go to the movies some other day.” So I helped him up and took him to his bed. “Now you just lay here and get your rest, I’ll come and check up on you later.” I told him as I handed him a glass of water and then left.
After a while I came in to see the worst sight a grandson or daughter could see, he was on his bed not moving, not even breathing. I just stood there, my eyes watered up, my stomach twisted, my heart pounded harder than ever, and my grin turned upside down. I held his hands as I screamed, “Grandpa,Grandpa, please don’t die, please don’t die, you’re too important to me!” I prayed to God that a miracle would happen.
Just then I had a flashback, a flashback of all the good stuff he has done with and to me. I remembered the time when he held my hand when I fell off my bike, I remembered the time when he lifted me up to put the star up on the Christmas tree, I had also remembered the time when he said I love you Stephanie, and I remembered the time he had given me a piggy bank ride. Then all of a sudden my flashback had ended and all those happy moments just disappeared.
“Dad,is he really dead?” I asked as I saw him walk in. So my dad went up to my grandpa and put his hand on his chest. “I’m afraid so.” he responded. I sat there sobbing like a baby.”Come on Steph,” my dad said. “Let’s go outside and forget all about this.” But I couldn’t leave so I just knelt there on the floor praying that he was okay.
A week later we had a funeral for him and from that day on when ever I go to the movies I always save a seat for him for I know that he will come down from heaven to watch that scary, funny or even sad movie with me. For he was the most important person to me in the whole entire world.
I think this is an amazing story. I especially love your ending and the way your connect it back to the introduction about the movies. Remember to add feelings and emotions to the flashback though so that your reader gets a true picture and understands exactly how important your Grandpa was.
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Stephanie marvoulas piece!I can relate to this because my grandpa has died, the only thing different was that I never got to see him ,because he died the year I was born.But what was your dad feeling like?Sad,depressed praying too?You made this story SO sad because you details ,and authors tools.
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I’ve had the same experience! It was my great grandma, we were at the hospital to visit. When we got there the doctor said that she had passed . She was the most important person in my life! I just don’t know how I can let her go from my life. I loved your story! Maybe you can explain what you did at his funeral.
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Nice writing! But I do think you rushed your ending though.”One week later” That was a quick week! How did your family feel? I remember how my grandpa died. Nice post!
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Christian, I don’t really agree on you about my ending being rushed, because I didn’t really want to add all the details of how we did it, I didn’t want it to be that long, because if you steped into my shoes and been me you would know it would be a pretty long story. But thanks for that informative comment! =D
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