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Personal Writing: An-Yang

"Shua-nging!" (Children!) The sound of her strident voice reverberates
down the narrow stairwell. I remember that musty, dark, winding stairwell
that led to her second floor apartment in Glendale as vividly as I did the
day I established a meaningful relationship with my grandmother. Through
this relationship, I have come to know her as a friend, a confidante, and
lastly, a woman I admire.

I was only seven at the time, and the only thing I cared about was the fact
that my grandmother spoke in a very loud and grating voice, and that she
kept on patting my hand (which annoyed me to no end). My grandparents are
separated- my grandfather lives with us, while she lives in a ...

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I was sitting on a dilapidated couch, whose colors
were made indiscernible by time, and was looking around her room. My gaze
swept from the thin, worn carpet, bare in some places, to the scarred
wooden dresser, to a dirty doll with an eye missing. (My grandmother could
never bear to throw anything away). She came and sat down next to me,
taking my hand in hers. The tight braid at the nape of her neck was coming
undone. Wisps of thick black hair framed her square face. I looked down at
the contrast between our hands- my hand was unblemished, pale and smooth,
while her hand was mottled with age spots, tanned, and leathery. She
started to pat my hand in the most annoying fashion, while telling me how
large my feet were. I was somewhat surprised, because I had always been
told that my feet were rather small for my size.

Then I saw her feet.

Her feet were deformed and incredibly stunted. Her toes grew in a peculiar
fashion, and none of them were straight. I had seen ...

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Added: 11/23/2007 06:17:22 AM
Category: Creative Writing
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 651
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