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across the stage or receiving
the next sacrament. Mama
tries to spread her time
equally among each of
her grandchildren, so we
can each feel her love. She
has shown me how to be a
supportive family member
and the importance of
making time to connect with
each of my family members.

The third lesson my
grandmother emphasized
was that I needed to be a
strong, independent woman.
My grandparents divorced
after 25 years of marriage,
and Mama found herself
with seven children and
very little support from
her ex-husband. She was
determined that her children her children’s achievements. She Above all, Mama taught me love.
would be independent, educated points out their diplomas, awards I can never thank her for all she
and self-sufficient, and she and recognitions regularly. She has done for me. She still does not
accomplished this goal. One of continues to emphasize the speak much English, so this last
her sons is an airplane mechanic; importance of getting a good part is for her.
one is a bank executive; and education. Because she didn’t
one is a lieutenant in the police finish her education in her Mama, te quiero mucho. Todo
department. One of her daughters youth, my grandmother has led tu trabajo duro que has hecho
works for a legal department, by example, and at the age of por nuestra familia, todo tu
one for a property management 60, went back to school to learn amor y educacion nos ha hecho
company, one in a marketing/ English. She’d study her words quienes somos. No puedo darte
communications department and each day, showing us that hard sufficiente gracias por todo lo que
the oldest, now retired, worked work is a necessity to get by in has hecho por mi. Una vez mas,
for the Civil Service Department. life. te amo.
Mama keeps a wall filled with

Article Submitted by
Amanda Harvey FRENSHIP HIGH SCHOOL

Amanda Harvey attends Frenship High School. She participates in multiple clubs
including NHS, FCCLA, and Frenship Culinary. Her parents are Richard and Emma Harvey.
She plans on attending Texas A&M University in the Fall of 2019. She hopes to major in
Animal Sciences and minor in Zoology. In the future, she would like to go into Zoological
Medicine with a focus on conservationism.

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