Grandpa Research Paper

Inspirational Essay Essays, essays are something you do in school, just a simple piece of paper, but an inspirational essay means something to the writer. They make the writer want to write better, it's personal to the writer, that’s why my inspirational essay is about my grandpa, Ray Cook. My grandpa came from an average farming family, not to poor and not to wealthy. But this never affected him, he learned as a young man that hard work does pay off in the end and that you must earn respect not just give it away. My grandpa is a true inspiration, he served in WWII, he was the root to my family, and no matter what he was doing he always had time for family. When my grandpa was 19 years old, he was drafted into the army to fight in WWII. From …show more content…
But a whole lifetime, you would be able to touch many hearts, even if it’s just the simple things like giving a homeless person money or helping someone who is a complete stranger. These examples are a few of the very many things my grandpa would do, in his later life, it was hard at some points and peaceful at others. My grandpas middle child had passed away at a young age, and no parent wants to experience their own child's death. It is very hard to figure out what you could have done better for that child, and maybe what they could have done to prevent it. The point I’m trying to reach is that, it is very hard to witness something you couldn’t have stopped, and that is a life lesson for many, some have to learn the hard way and others easier. My grandpa eventually recovered and learned to love the things that are still in his life, that is why he would always call you, just to check up or just wish to talk to you. Even though he didn’t see a lot of his family members but the ones that were close he would invite to a get together he had every year. Another things is he would always enjoy a surprise visit no matter what he was doing, he would stop what he was doing to talk to you. In his late life he would go dancing three times a week throughout the whole year. Even now my grandma still goes dancing three times a week and she's 90 years old! I’ve learned that you have to learn from a hero and then experience life for

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