In life, I believe that we encounter many people, all of whom we meet by no coincidence, but because God knows that we can learn something valuable from them. No matter what kind of influence they may have on our lives, they still leave us a better person in the end. My grandmother has had the biggest effect on my life, giving me a better outlook of life.
“My grandmother once told me that having a welcoming arm to God’s children shows that you are packing hospitality because you are sharing your home and your heart, not just your house.” I have always looked up to my grandmother for she had the best qualities of hospitality I have ever seen in a person. I know her as an influential person who is one of my caregivers growing up. She acquires the never ending traits of selflessness and hospitality and remains strong in all the hardships that come along in her life. I see her as one of my heroes, not only because of her eternal strength, but for her hospitality.
According to my mother, my grandmother knew everything. To her family, she was a teacher, a doctor, a leader, and anything she had to be for her children. My mother was one of ten children. My grandmother had a lot on her plate with raising her children and keeping order in the household. It was even harder since they lived in a poverty rural area in Hollandale, Mississippi as African Americans. She did what she could to support her husband and her children. She is what you could call “the rock” of our family she kept us all up, in our times of hardships.
Every since I was younger, my routine is waking up and walking over to my granny house, so I could spend the whole day with her. My mother was always working during the week so my granny would babysit until she came home. At the time, my grandfather was ill with a severe condition of diabetes. For instance, my grandmother would make him a meal and carry it from the kitchen to his room every breakfast, lunch, and dinner. This hospitality was unconditional. As a child watching from a point of view, I saw kindness in her heart and decided that I wanted to be just like her.
She had taught me the true meaning of hospitality. She welcomed anyone who was in need to her home, and offered all the help she could provide. Her enormous heart was felt by all those around her. Hospitality became her lifestyle and it came naturally to her. I feel like I have inherited the trait. Hospitality will most definitely be beneficial in becoming a Doctor. Responding to the needs of others is an uplifting feeling that I thrive for. It will give me a chance to meet new people and maybe become well liked in college with my peers and professors, and in the future with my colleagues and patients.
I will continue to carry on the hospitality that my grandmother gave all of us. Despite the fact my grandmother is ill and back and forth out of the hospital, the warmth of her heart is still remained with me and my family. Her generosity will live on within me and the rest of those whose lives she had an impact on.