For my hiraeth I wrote about my grandmom. In my draft I didn’t get to write all that I wanted to write, I could’ve kept typing about her for hours. While I was writing and thinking about memories I have with her, I started to feel like she was right there back with me. I had a picture of me and her sitting right next to me so I could look at a happy moment I had with her, and that got my mind racing. Tons of memories with my Grandmom came to mind, good and bad. It made me have all types of emotions going through my mind, so before I even started to write my draft I went and talked to my father, who was the son of my grandmom, and sat and just talked to him about memories with her. I also went and talked to him because it was the day of her 2 year death anniversary and we were both upset, but he clearly was hurting more. While we sat there and talked about her we both cried, laughed, got serious, joked around, every emotion possible. After the conversation with my father it felt like a big weight was lifted off my shoulders and I was finally able to write about her with a clear mind. The thing that also gave me motivation to write about her was seeing that I changed my father’s mood and changed his attitude also. While I sat in my room alone with the picture of me and my grandmom sitting next to me, I felt relieved and nauseous at the same time, since I miss her so much. As I started writing, more memories kept coming back to me and I felt as if she was there reminding me of everything we did, and everything that has happened over the years, even since her passing. After writing up my quick first draft so I didn’t miss the deadline I sat and reminisced about her for a while. It changed my mindset and attitude towards a lot of things, but most importantly gave me faith in everything. Now I feel like my grandmom is with me everywhere I go watching over me. The reason I even chose to write about her is because she was the closest thing to home I could think of. She was my best friend, my grandmother, and most importantly the biggest role model in my life.
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