Whitney

When I asked my grandpa what life meant to him, he had more than enough to say. He began talking about his childhood to his teens and then to his older years. He talked about how his younger years were great but he wish he could of opened up more to other things in his life.

My grandpa was born in 1938, so when he was young he wasn’t exposed to as many things that we are today. He spent his younger years attending school in Nebraska and worked on his father’s farm. He really enjoyed the place that he lived. He had brothers and sisters to spend his time with. He grew up on his farm his whole life. He attended college and married my grandmother. They had children together and lived on the same farm he did when he was younger. He loved showing his kids around the farm. As soon as he knew it his kids were old enough to go off and start their own lives. Of course they came back to visit him but it wasn’t the same. A few years after I was born, my grandma passed away. It wasn’t easy for him at all.

So when he finally answered my question of what life is he couldn’t help talking for another ten minutes. He told me that life is so short. That you don’t really spend enough time looking around at everything you have and at everyone you love and care about. He wishes he could go back to when he was younger. He wants to spend more time actually living. When you are a child you spend you time wasting it by watching television, sitting around, and being bored. Like any other kid in their teens, they can’t wait to grow up. By the time they actually reach the age that they consider themselves older, they wish to be younger again. He said life was that love and care everyone you can, and don’t waste anytime waiting to grow up.

When I thought to myself about the same question, I really had to stop and think about it. Life to me is spending as much time with the people you care about. Actually living your life instead of wasting it. When I spoke with my grandpa he really changed my thoughts on life. He is older than me and knows more about it than I do. In my life I want to spend as much time as I can going out with my friends and spending time with my family. Life is actually doing something and going somewhere. I am going to give to others as much as I can in my life instead of just receiving. In my life I want to live everyday to the fullest and not waste anytime.