Family History

Hey y'all!

So for my English class, we're writing a historical analysis paper on any moment in history from 1915 until 1995, and it doesn't matter what, but we need to use just primary sources. That's the whole point of this paper.

Well, my dad has some old notes and things that his dad (my grandfather) wrote about his life, so I picked a moment that I could use my grandfather's notes for. So my dad photocopied some of my grandfather's notes that pertain particularly well to my subject and sent them to me. Last night I got a chance to read them.

It's kind of silly, but I didn't really know my grandfather while he was alive. He had a "funny accent" and lived really far away, and I was in elementary school when he passed away. But this assignment has given me a chance to really get to know him in a very different kind of way. I think it's amazing the way I can get to know him as he remembers himself as a young man coming to America. And it kind of makes me sad, to know that I didn't really get a chance to know him before he passed away, but I'm also really glad that I have a way to know him now. I feel really blessed in that way. It's kind of nice, to know that this man contributed to who I am, and now I get to know who he is.