His Legacy
I still remember sitting on the dark brown wooden long chairs in my grandpas church. The sunlight coming off of his perfectly light brown skin brought out his perfect smile. He was the best preacher in and out of church, his voice brought happiness and comfort to everyone. Watching him preach wasn’t always my favorite when I was little but as I got a little older it became part of me. Sometimes I would even watch the spanish service just to make sure I didn’t miss anything. My grandpa left a tremendous legacy on me. Because of him, my goal is to make others as happy as he did. My grandpa had the power to change peoples’ lives and set them on a new path. The legacy he left is the one I want to leave, Even before I realized that’s the legacy that he left I wanted mine to be the same. Aside from spending most of my childhood in my grandpas church I enjoyed spending time with him out of church. My favorite memories with my grandpa will be in the summer when his light brown skin became a darker shade. His favorite season was summer because he said it was the time the sun shined the brightest and that made him happy. On saturdays we would arrive to the beach my grandpa would park a block away near an ice cream shop and get ice cream for me and my brothers. Then we would walk the rest of the way with our surf boards and ice cream in our colorful flip flops. When we arrived to the beach we would try and find a perfect area with flat sand. We all sat on the sand as my grandpa came to give us each a little bit of wax for our boards. I still remember the fragrance of the wax, like a fake ocean compared to the smell of the real ocean although I still enjoyed the aroma. Growing up my grandpa’s favorite hobby was surfing, since he lived on the beach it became a part of him. As our surf boards went flying left and right I could see skinny old legs struggling to run each stomp into the ocean to show us what we were doing wrong. After we were done we would all sit down on our warm towels and eat. Usually that’s when my grandpa would get in the water and catch some waves by himself. It was like a picture perfect moment watching him every time. It was beautiful out and the water was crystal clear blue. When my grandpa came out of the water I asked him “why are you such a good person?” and he said there is no such thing as a good person without having a good heart. My grandpa started surfing at a young age because he said it was special being out there in the ocean in God’s creation, it’s like a gift he’s given us to enjoy. After that summer my grandpa got diagnosed with bone cancer. Constantly seeing tears falling from my families faces I never saw them fall from my grandpas he kept his smile and he stayed strong. I continued to come to church every Sunday and started spending the night at my grandpa’s house. I feel like that’s when me and my grandpa started becoming really close. We would stay up talking about nonsense stuff and laughing at all the memories we had together. I loved falling asleep next to my grandpa because I felt happiness and comfort. It came off of him naturally, sort of like a scent. As the days passed by my grandpa became weaker, I started noticing that his light brown skin was now becoming pale but still he was smiling bigger than ever. Even though he was feeling sick my grandpa still showed up to church on sundays as usual to preach. One day my grandpa woke up feeling extremely weak so we took him to the hospital. They put him in a bed and I held his bony hand tightly. He smiled at me. Again I felt that happiness and comfort from him. My grandpas last words to me were, “God will never leave you nor forsake you, I love you.” Right then I knew my grandpa would always be my role model for my legacy to be a change and a difference on other people’s lives because that is the legacy he left.
I still remember sitting on the dark brown wooden long chairs in my grandpas church. The sunlight coming off of his perfectly light brown skin brought out his perfect smile. He was the best preacher in and out of church, his voice brought happiness and comfort to everyone. Watching him preach wasn’t always my favorite when I was little but as I got a little older it became part of me. Sometimes I would even watch the spanish service just to make sure I didn’t miss anything. My grandpa left a tremendous legacy on me. Because of him, my goal is to make others as happy as he did. My grandpa had the power to change peoples’ lives and set them on a new path. The legacy he left is the one I want to leave, Even before I realized that’s the legacy that he left I wanted mine to be the same. Aside from spending most of my childhood in my grandpas church I enjoyed spending time with him out of church. My favorite memories with my grandpa will be in the summer when his light brown skin became a darker shade. His favorite season was summer because he said it was the time the sun shined the brightest and that made him happy. On saturdays we would arrive to the beach my grandpa would park a block away near an ice cream shop and get ice cream for me and my brothers. Then we would walk the rest of the way with our surf boards and ice cream in our colorful flip flops. When we arrived to the beach we would try and find a perfect area with flat sand. We all sat on the sand as my grandpa came to give us each a little bit of wax for our boards. I still remember the fragrance of the wax, like a fake ocean compared to the smell of the real ocean although I still enjoyed the aroma. Growing up my grandpa’s favorite hobby was surfing, since he lived on the beach it became a part of him. As our surf boards went flying left and right I could see skinny old legs struggling to run each stomp into the ocean to show us what we were doing wrong. After we were done we would all sit down on our warm towels and eat. Usually that’s when my grandpa would get in the water and catch some waves by himself. It was like a picture perfect moment watching him every time. It was beautiful out and the water was crystal clear blue. When my grandpa came out of the water I asked him “why are you such a good person?” and he said there is no such thing as a good person without having a good heart. My grandpa started surfing at a young age because he said it was special being out there in the ocean in God’s creation, it’s like a gift he’s given us to enjoy. After that summer my grandpa got diagnosed with bone cancer. Constantly seeing tears falling from my families faces I never saw them fall from my grandpas he kept his smile and he stayed strong. I continued to come to church every Sunday and started spending the night at my grandpa’s house. I feel like that’s when me and my grandpa started becoming really close. We would stay up talking about nonsense stuff and laughing at all the memories we had together. I loved falling asleep next to my grandpa because I felt happiness and comfort. It came off of him naturally, sort of like a scent. As the days passed by my grandpa became weaker, I started noticing that his light brown skin was now becoming pale but still he was smiling bigger than ever. Even though he was feeling sick my grandpa still showed up to church on sundays as usual to preach. One day my grandpa woke up feeling extremely weak so we took him to the hospital. They put him in a bed and I held his bony hand tightly. He smiled at me. Again I felt that happiness and comfort from him. My grandpas last words to me were, “God will never leave you nor forsake you, I love you.” Right then I knew my grandpa would always be my role model for my legacy to be a change and a difference on other people’s lives because that is the legacy he left.