Memoir

Carla Castro Keb                                                      

Pre-AP English

3rd

10/21/2016

                       Memories

                                                 Memoir

    *Giggles* There we where me and my grandmother laughing at a movie in TV(Tangled) we laughed

because of the horse and the chameleon fighting with each other, she said to me “they remind me of

you and your brother always fighting with each other” I laughed and looked at her(she was a

strong woman, she always did what she thought was right, she's dark skinned, black short hair, and a

lovable person, she was my inspiration). I said to her “ grandma,I love you and I'm grateful for having

you here with me” she responded to me in spanish “ yo tambien mija”(me to my child)it was a moment

I could never forget. A year ago she was diagnosed with breast cancer and leg cancer. I was about the

age of 11 or 12, she said in spanish “baby I love you and won't be here for a long time and I

want you to take care of your mother” I said to her “where are you going” and she said “to a place where

I’ll be able to take care of you and watch you if something happens”. I looked at her with teary eyes

because I knew what she meant, she was going to leave me(I thought)

     A year later after she was diagnosed with cancer she was a perfectly healthy women again. She

fought through both cancers and was put into dialysis and lost one of legs in her war of pain. I thought

she was going to leave me when she was diagnosed with cancer but she fought through all the war that

was attacking her. Everyday I would go visit my grandmother, she was like my second mother.(she’d

Always give me advice on how to deal with things and always stayed by side when I was going through a

situation I couldn't handle no more).

    One sunday morning I went to her house to go see what she was up to,( I heard noises of cabinets

opening) I hid behind the table and saw how my grandma was hiding gummy bears inside her pockets.

(I came out from my hiding spot ). Then she said (quickly hiding her gummy bears so I wouldn't see

them) “ hola mija como estas”(hey my child how you doing), (looking at her in a laughing and cheerful

face) “grandma I know you're hiding gummy bears in your pockets, now give them to me or grandpa

would get mad at you” (she looked at me in a mischievous manner) “I’ll make you a deal baby if you

don't tell anything to your grandpa then I’ll give you some gummy bears”I agreed and we ate them

together. It was a moment  that made me happy every time I felt sad or unhappy, I would end up laughing

by myself with tears of  happiness in my eyes, remembering about the wonderful moments we both had

together.

     It was Wednesday in the afternoon like about 3:40pm after school (school ended at 3:30pm, I

was still in middle school by then). When I was waiting for my parents to come pick me and my

brother up from school. I waited there with my brother who was about 15 years old. Then I realized I

got a missed call and my brother told me we needed to walk home because my mom told him by the

phone. On the way to our house, he told me that my grandma was at the hospital (frightened and full of

terror, imagining the worst I cried on the way home) My brother asked me “why you crying”

responding to him “I'm scared something might happen to her” he said “dont worry, grandma is going

to be fine she's a strong women” I said “okay” wiping away my tears from my cheek. We kept walking

home and waited there until we heard from our parents. It was late at 6:00pm then my parents called us

and said “get ready right away we are going to the hospital” we got ready and left to the hospital, when

we got there we were taken to the waiting room where my whole family was waiting. When I entered all I

could see where tears of sorrow and sadness in each in every person. I didn't know what to say and just sat

there with tears of loneliness and sadness falling down my cheek. We all waited until the doctor came and

told us if we wanted to go see her because she's not doing to well and if anything happened it's better to if

we saw her now. I ran towards the hall of the hospital to the room to go see her, I was scared and sad.

When we entered all we saw was my grandmother laying there with no movement in her whole body.

(staring straight at her face and hearing her beeps of her heart) “grandma please hold on you’ll make it

through again grandma”. My grandmother had the same situation happen to her 2 years ago but she made

it through and was happy and told me in spanish”gracias a dios por darme otra oportunidad”(thank the

lord for giving me another opportunity in life).

       I thought she would make it like last time but then at that moment I heard a sound that made me

forget about time it made my body freeze, it's a sound no one wants to here in a hospital *a long beep*