Our grandparents start caring for us from day one. When I was younger my grandparents were physically capable of doing anything. They drove their cars daily and could walk anywhere. My grandpa was able to have full conversations. As time goes on and people age the daily routines become harder for them. My grandma is half blind and cannot drive anymore. My papa has trouble walking and my grandpa is blind as well. Every year my cousins and I discuss how hard it must be for them and how important it is to remember these times as they are all reaching very old ages. That is what inspired my topic for this autoethnography. It is a way to reach out to those who forget about important topics like this that cannot be found on the news or in magazines. It is the reminder people might need for an important "current event" in their lives. With all of the hectic activities going on through people's lives, we forget about how much time we may have left and all of the morals we've been taught by our grandparents. Now in 2014, they are in much different conditions than they were when I was young though their influence on me has only gotten greater.
I will continue to gain from them and execute their values of education, religion and a good moral code.
One theme I hope will reach people when they read both my autoethnographies on my website is that everyone, although day-by-day we all tend to become absorbed in our own life and thoughts, has their own unique story. Even our grandparents who contain so much history that they seem older and ultimately all similar because of that characteristic, have their very own past. These stories make them who they are and eventually shape the next generation too. In our fast paced society we forget to appreciate people for who they are. Instead many times people point out the small details that bother them in a person or a thing. I wanted to bring to peoples attention that wether it be through my strange commuting high school experience or reflecting on the importance of my grandparents, I have found ways to see that everyone builds their own life. Each person has some very lucky and very unfortunate situations that occur in their life. Don't pick out the bad in everything, look and act on the good in everyone and in every experience that comes along in the journey through our lives.
I will continue to gain from them and execute their values of education, religion and a good moral code.
One theme I hope will reach people when they read both my autoethnographies on my website is that everyone, although day-by-day we all tend to become absorbed in our own life and thoughts, has their own unique story. Even our grandparents who contain so much history that they seem older and ultimately all similar because of that characteristic, have their very own past. These stories make them who they are and eventually shape the next generation too. In our fast paced society we forget to appreciate people for who they are. Instead many times people point out the small details that bother them in a person or a thing. I wanted to bring to peoples attention that wether it be through my strange commuting high school experience or reflecting on the importance of my grandparents, I have found ways to see that everyone builds their own life. Each person has some very lucky and very unfortunate situations that occur in their life. Don't pick out the bad in everything, look and act on the good in everyone and in every experience that comes along in the journey through our lives.