Grandpa Essay -- Personal Narrative Writing

GrandpaMy grandpa was one of the most caring and understanding men that I have ever known. He always found a way to make us happy, whether he was dressing- up as Santa Claus, on Christmas Eve, or building us tree houses. His oddment greatly affected both my grandma and I.The shock of my grandpas death totally devastated me. I found out that my grandpa died one dark after my mom picked my brother and I up from day care. We went over to our grandmas house on a weeknight, which was unusual, because we always spent age with our grandparents on the weekends. When we got to our grandmas house we saw that our dad and our aunt were sitting in the living room with our grandma. This was very unusual, because our dad lives in Prescott, and our aunt works on the other side of Phoenix from where my grandma lives. All three of them looked very somber. I was still pretty young, so I did non realize what was happening, and I asked where our grandpa was. The second I finished my question, dad sta rted sobbing, and said Son, grandpa is dead. He said my grandpa died of a massive heart-attack at about three oclock that morning. He said there was nonhing that the paramedics could have done. I could see there was a spot of rail line on the floor right where my grandpa died and the paramedics had tried to revive him to no avail. The truth hit me like a freight train, and I began to cry. I did not stop crying until I fell asleep at about two o clock the next morning. I did not know what ...