We had done this for as long as I could remember, it was sort of like a routine. ... As we walked around and viewed the animals, I couldn't help but notice. ... I remember thinking that I knew that soon enough she would be dead, and that I had very little time to spend with her. ... All I remember from that day was sitting on my kitchen floor with my head in my hands and bawling. ... As we walked up to the open casket, the entire room silenced. ...

• Word Count: 1470
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

My grandma remembered during harvest season that some Mexican families would come and live in three small houses on the land. ... The only thing she remembered going to the store for was coffee, sugar, and material to make clothes. My grandma walked two miles to school. ... My grandma does not remember her parents disliking the president, Herbert Hoover. ... She did remember that her parents helped out the neighboring families that were not as fortunate as they were. ...

• Word Count: 1260
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

That's a snapshot I want to remember forever. ... "Can we go for a walk, please, please, please?... Though my memory isn't sharp enough now to remember the specific time, the commonly retold story replays in my mind. ... He walked in with a gift in tow and mom introduced them. ... "Well go see what it is, it could be a dead animal and we don't want to walk by that." She said. ...

• Word Count: 1433
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

One moment that I remember very vividly was when I first arrived to the wake. ... As I walked through the crowd of unfamiliar faces, I thought for a minute that I might not be in the right room. ... I gathered myself, stood up and walked away without looking at him. ... George's was my grandfather's favorite restaurant and I can remember going there every time I went to visit him at the office. ... Right away he snapped back, remembering-Oh Terry, the baby." ...

• Word Count: 1372
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

There was nothing she couldn't cook and I can remember as I got older how it seemed as if she could take something from nothing and make the best meal. ... There were no halls inside so you had to walk through all of the rooms to get from one room to the other. ... I remember Pam saying, "Look Ganny, me qween the floo" and she would run and slide or tell me to pull her faster on the rug. ... I can remember how the bedrooms would get cold during the winter nights. ... I remember one particular winter in January of 1968. ...

• Word Count: 1669
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

An elderly man shoveling his walk way threw up a shovel full of snow and scared the horse. ... There were many good things my grandfather remembers about his past. ... After he lost he walked home just to find out that on that particular day his father walked home, too. ...

• Word Count: 1790
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School