Personal Reflection On Grandparents

Personal Reflective

Despite the common opinion that they have the ideal job, grandparents are underrated. They often have the hardest job in a family. Many might disagree with that statement, (especially parents), but I think that it is true. Grandparents are seen as the nice ones in the family who let you have that sweet that your parents do not, take you out for wee jaunts or give you money when you have exhausted your account at the Bank of Mum and Dad. However, grandparents are often the ones holding families together- families which are quite often very different and, in many cases, disagreeable. I have come to this conclusion after watching my grandparents do everything in their power to keep everyone happy. And although it wasn’t easy, my gran managed and never did complain or give up, especially in tough times.

Many don’t have a close family and the few that do have a strongly held family that will be together throughout even the tough times, majority of the times held together by grandparent. I was lucky enough to experience a close family solely because of my gran. She was the only one that kept the family from becoming distant. This was a huge problem because my family is spread across the whole of the United Kingdom. The fact that my family

She was the angel that guided me through all the tough times and was there to give emotional support when needed. I know this because she has been there for me a few times when I didn’t know what to do and it’s been times when either I didn’t want to hear it from my parents or times I thought she would know more about it than my parents. So in short my gran inspired me to be a better person and in addition she often stated the importance of having a job that you love and life would be terrible doing a job that you wake up every day