... and I fell in love with her smile, voice, hair, laugh, and even her toes. When she spoke her first word " mom," my husband tried to teach her to say "dad". When she took a step, we were surprised and proud of her. When she was sick, I couldn't sleep because I was so worried ... family was not rich. Even now, the financial situation is not any better. My parents were not rich either. When I was in elementary school, I wanted to play the piano. But the lesson was so expensive that I couldn't take the piano lesson. That time, I thought about why my parents were poor. I ... how my parents...

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• Grade Level: High School

... which is tagalogue for Grandpa) took control and responsibility of the family. As he grew older, the United States started to get more involved with the country of the Philippines and he became used to speaking English and becoming a part of the U.S.A. When Tatay became an adult, the Second World War had just ... you wish you could die. Before he married my grandma, he married another woman (I don't know her name) and they had a son names James. 8 years later his wife and only son died of a disease that was spread to the Philippines and he was very depressed. Still, he managed to stay s...

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• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... which is tagalogue for Grandpa) took control and responsibility of the family. As he grew older, the United States started to get more involved with the country of the Philippines and he became used to speaking English and becoming a part of the U.S.A. When Tatay became an adult, the Second World War had just ... you wish you could die. Before he married my grandma, he married another woman (I don't know her name) and they had a son names James. 8 years later his wife and only son died of a disease that was spread to the Philippines and he was very depressed. Still, he managed to stay s...

• Word Count: 999
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... which is tagalogue for Grandpa) took control and responsibility of the family. As he grew older, the United States started to get more involved with the country of the Philippines and he became used to speaking English and becoming a part of the U.S.A. When Tatay became an adult, the Second World War had just ... you wish you could die. Before he married my grandma, he married another woman (I don't know her name) and they had a son names James. 8 years later his wife and only son died of a disease that was spread to the Philippines and he was very depressed. Still, he managed to stay s...

• Word Count: 999
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... which is tagalogue for Grandpa) took control and responsibility of the family. As he grew older, the United States started to get more involved with the country of the Philippines and he became used to speaking English and becoming a part of the U.S.A. When Tatay became an adult, the Second World War had just ... you wish you could die. Before he married my grandma, he married another woman (I don't know her name) and they had a son names James. 8 years later his wife and only son died of a disease that was spread to the Philippines and he was very depressed. Still, he managed to stay s...

• Word Count: 999
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... which is tagalogue for Grandpa) took control and responsibility of the family. As he grew older, the United States started to get more involved with the country of the Philippines and he became used to speaking English and becoming a part of the U.S.A. When Tatay became an adult, the Second World War had just ... you wish you could die. Before he married my grandma, he married another woman (I don't know her name) and they had a son names James. 8 years later his wife and only son died of a disease that was spread to the Philippines and he was very depressed. Still, he managed to stay s...

• Word Count: 999
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... for the fireplace. It was during the time I was off for Christmas vacation from high school. Me and the rest of my family had gone out to go shopping for the holidays, and were gone for quite sometime. When we returned, we had found my grandfather on the downstairs couch wrapped up in the ... was severe bleeding, and a contusion on the right side of his brain, hence his trouble with spatial resoning. He had to be flown to shock trauma in order to stop the bleeding so he wouldn't hemorrhage and die. He was in a coma and lay in bed for a couple of weeks before ever opening his eyes. During...

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• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School