John F Kennedy Obama Interview

My interviewee is 74-years-old, a daughter of 13 children, a mother of 4, a grandmother of 7, and a retired teacher. She was born and raised in Guyana and moved to Guyana with her husband and children and lived in New York for a couple of years before moving to Maryland. She has been a Maryland resident for 14 years. She recently retired a year ago and now she enjoys spending time with family and visiting her grandchildren in Florida. The interviewee started by sharing some new events she would never forget. Obama’s presidency, the civil rights movement, and the assignation of John F. Kennedy were news significant events mentioned. The Obama presidency is a news event that impacted her personally. She was alive when discrimination and segregation

The similarity in the Obama presidency surprised me, because I know there are so many other significant events that have happened in her lifetime. Obama’s presidency was the only news event we had in common, but it was refreshing to see her joy and excitement in talking about his presidency. We shared our thoughts about 9/11, and the thoughts that ran through her mind during that time. She was more fearful for her grandchild who was in elementary school at that time, but she tried to keep her composure as she tried to calm the children in her classroom. Also, she watched the news at school, to stay updated on the events that happened after the

She does not believe them, but it makes sense with age, she expressed. In addition, she wears glasses, but her eyesight has been stable throughout the years. Cooking has become a little harder and longer for her. When the interviewee preps to cook, she usually sits and watches game shows as she cuts her ingredients to cook. Her grandson loves her cooking; therefore she tries to cook for him whenever he comes home from college. But now, they cook together and she teaches him numerous different dishes. She has a hard time concentrating more than remembering details about events that have occurred in the past, she explained. She wasn’t thrilled, but she wasn’t concerned about having a hard time remembering, it comes with age she noted. She emphasized that she is good at remembering birthdays, because family is very important to her.
Since she retired, she goes to sleep around 10 o’clock at night and wakes up around 7 o’clock in the morning. She tends to take naps throughout the day and when she is having difficulty sleeping, she drinks chamomile tea. The interviewee does not walk and exercise as often as she should, but when her grandson comes home she walks around the neighborhood with him. She loves to watch television, and complete crossword puzzles. A few years ago, before her arthritis worsened, she used to exercise twice a week on an exercise bike