Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Elders
For this blog i spoke with my grandma who actually 80 this past year. Listening to her talk about her past and the life she lived back then has such a big difference on how she is living today. She was born in Inbdonesia but lived in the Netherland. The way she explained how much affect the war had on peoples lives back then and the shortage of money and things everyone delt with. She used to have only a few dresses that she had and not much else which is pretty said and i couldnt picture being in a situation like that. Even the difference in living in a different country is one thing but back during the war with what was going on with the Nazi. Which she had to leave her home and grab all her things that she could. Being a little girl in that position is terrible i would be scared if that happened to me now. Little things people had back then were used wisley and thats what i though was the most interesting things about how time changed. For who my grandma is I respect everything she did and has done. She is really getting with the times as well such as going on facebook, emails, texting, and other things like going to the gym. The older generation can really have some interesting stories to tell.
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Thats really cool you got to see her perspective from when she lived in another country. That was my initial goal when I wanted to talk to my grandpa but he was a baby the time they moved from Ireland to the states so all we have for evidence are pictures. Thats funny how grandparents are technological savvy these days
ReplyDeleteWow its interesting how much of a storyline is behind our ancestors, you never would have guessed it at first.
ReplyDeleteI feel like we (Americans) could not endure anything even close to the holocaust. I know people from all ages, races, religions,and Socioeconomic statuses whom would have a breakdown if their precious iphone broke. this is an exaggeration but I hope you understand what I am getting at. I have so much respect for what our grandparents had to endure just so we could be alive.
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