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Grandma carried her family for this strong
forty years without my grandpa. woman is now Christ the King
She never complains about how confined to a
difficult or stressful it was, but wheelchair. She Cathedral School
instead, my grandma is happy that has to let others
she got through the overwhelming help her with
adversity. The weight of caring eating, showering
for her family has been her and dressing.
biggest achievement and greatest Talking is also Providing strong academic
happiness. She raised my dad so hard for her. It is
well that I want to find a husband hard when I see and development programs for
just like him. her just sitting students, PreK-3 through
and looking out high school, for over 60 years.
She always teaches me how to the window with
stand on my own feet. I pinned a face saying,
these sentences in my head: “If you “Please, Jesus,
fall, you stand up. If you go on the take me with
wrong path, you must come back You.” The one
on your own. No one will give you thing she always
the direction of your life but you. mentions is,
You have to trust yourself and give “When are you
yourself a second chance to stand coming back to Discovering, Learning and Experiencing the Word.
back up. People look down on you Vietnam? I miss
because you give up, so make them you, darling.”
admire you by standing up on your Sometimes, it is www.ctkcathedralschool.org | (806) 795-8283
own feet. Do not let anything block hard for me to 4011 54th Street | Lubbock, TX 79413
your path to success.” Every time see her like that
I start to doubt myself, her image because I cannot
appears in my mind. It serves as resist crying, and done for our family. I know that
a reminder that, if anything is I hate to let her see me cry. It has I have been gone for four years,
causing me to question myself, motivated me to someday build but I promise, I will come back to
that means I did not listen to her homes for elderly people. I want Vietnam with many achievements. I
teaching, and I need to get myself to take care of them. They deserve will tell you all about my journey in
back onto the road. to be treated properly. She is my the United States, and we are going
inspiration to achieve this goal. to have many long conversations
I want to be a woman like
my grandmother: strong, I always want to tell her, like we had before. Please, wait for
compassionate and faithful to God. “Grandma, I miss you so much. me, and I will make you proud. I
Ba Noi wanted to prepare me for Thank you for everything you have love you so much, Grandma.”
the brutal world. Unfortunately,

Article Submitted by
Jenny Tran CHRIST THE KING

Linh (Jenny) Tran attends Christ the King Cathedral School. Her extracurricular activities
include: Varsity Cheer Squad Captain, Volleyball, Choir, Theatre, and Handbell. She
is a member of Mu Alpha Theta, National Honor Society, and a CTK ambassador. Her
parents are Thanh Nguyen and Hung Tran. They live in Vietnam. When she graduates,
she hopes to attend Houston Community College and then transfer to the University of
Texas at Arlington or Texas Womens University in Dallas to pursue a career in nursing.

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