Essays on My Great Grandmother

In order to provide a successful bio-geography, one needs to go as much back in years as possible and provide their family’s events, regarding the changes the family members made to get a better life, as influenced by any external reasons, such as the economic situation at the time being, politics and culture. For that reason, my family’s bio-geography is shaped as followed: My great great grandfather was a proud private school owner in Uzbekistan that also loved farming in the 1930’s. According to my father, being a farmer in this particular geographical spot was considered a great advantage that ...

An issue that I hold very close to my heart is the suffering known as Alzheimer’s. I call it a suffering instead of a disease as I have seen the pain that it inflicts on the patient as well as family members and friends. Disease seems to be an understatement. I have been associated with Alzheimer’s at a personal level and would like to take this opportunity to share my experience and the impact it has had on my life.

I had heard about Alzheimer’s early on in life through various awareness campaigns and other mediums. However, although I ...

My oldest living relative is my great grandmother. As a matter of fact, it is hard to place her exact year of birth but gauging from the nature of the accounts he gives of her life, he possible period of birth could be at the turn of the century. She has quite a vivid memory and though age has worn down on her memory, she still is capable of giving some vivid accounts on some of the happenings that took place while she was young, through her childhood and adolescent years.

Her memory of the two world wars is equally sharp ...