Essay 1 (Roughdraft)

This picture is truly amazing to me.  It holds my grandparents (Nonie and Buzzy)

and my children.  They all look so happy together.  This picture was taken during my

grandma’s 87^th birthday party at my house.  It holds many thoughts and memories to me

and my children.

I love this picture so much because it has my grandma, grandpa and my five kids

together.  I have always been very close to my grandparents.  When I was a child I would

call my grandma from school and tell her I didn’t feel good just so that I could hang out

with her. So, seeing my kids with my grandparents is really special to me.  I really see

and feel the love in this picture.  I took this picture at my house while celebrating my

grandma’s 87^th birthday party.  Looking at this picture is special to me since my

children all look so happy to be spending time with their great grandparents.  Also, my

daughter Mikayla looks extremely happy to be with her great grandparents.  She is

snuggled in closely with Buzzy which shows how much she cares about him.  She

doesn’t spend a lot of time with them and she is very shy a lot of the time so it’s nice to

see her showing her affection with them.  My grandma didn’t realize how loving Nathan

was until this day.   You can see in this picture how he is squeezing his Nonie. He kept

hugging her all day.  I see him hanging all over her while looking at this picture because

that is what he did all day long.  Dustin and Andrew seem to be close to their great

grandparents as well.  They seem to be happy to be close to them in this picture.   Tyler

doesn’t know them as well and the picture shows that.  He isn’t bonded with them as the

other kids are. Tyler just moved in with us about a year and a half ago so he doesn’t have

the great grandparent/great grandchild bond.  The picture shows how is isn’t as

comfortable as his brothers and sister are.  This picture will hold a lifetime of memoreies

for me and my kids.  This picture makes me want to go visit them.  We don’t see them a

lot and we live right down the road. I probably will go visit them tomorrow and give

them a copy of this picture.  I can’t wait to see my grandparents face when I give them a

blown up copy of this picture.  I also love this picture because I know my Nonie and

Buzzy are going to love it too.  They get so excited when we go to visit and especially

excited when I bring them pictures of them and the kids. A lot of people don’t ever get to

meet their great grandparents.  And, a lot of great-grandparents don’t ever get to meet

their great-grandchildren so this is especially sacred.

When looking at this picture it makes me sad at the same point.  This picture

shows how old my Nonie and Buzzy really are.  It reminds me of when we had to get his

food for him because he couldn’t get up out of that chair the entire day.  Everyone had to

go sit  next to Buzzy to take the picture because his back was hurting so bad.  It makes

me feel like since my grandparents are so old that this will be the last birthday party.  I

know that looking at the picture it could be the last picture I have of my grandparents and

my children.

There are so many precious memories I feel and see from looking at this picture. 

There are many things I can see in this picture that other people may not.  This is partially

why it is so important to me.  Also, just look at this picture and you can feel the love

between great-grandparents and great-grandchildren; even if you don’t know the story.  I

feel very lucky and thankful to have my grandparents here today.  Many people my age

don’t have their grandparents around anymore.   I will forever hold on to this picture in

my mind and in my heart.  I make sure I get pictures with my kids and my grandparents

every time we see them but, this picture has been the best picture by far.