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Good Things
Come in Threes
by Kaitlyn Tucker
give us a hard time. My dad’s parents, Tommy and
My Gramz is the only Dorotha Tucker, are two of the
person I go to when most hard-working people I know.
I have a problem. My Pa is 84 years old and still
No matter how big works hard every day. He has
or small, she always taught me the value of working
listens and gives me hard, no matter the challenges you
or my whole life, many the best advice on face. My Granna makes everything
people have made an how to solve my issues. She is my in their house by hand, whether
Fimportant impact on biggest supporter. From traveling that be clothes, food, and even
me, teaching me how to act, 10+ hours to take me to my dance blankets; she has taught me some
and introducing me to new competitions, to important life skills.
opportunities and beneficial coming to every Growing up, I did
experiences. One group that has cheer and choir not get to see them
shaped me into the person I am event I have, she as much since they
today is senior citizens, most is always there for live eight hours
importantly, my grandparents. me, cheering me away from my
on. home, but when I
My mom’s parents, Kelvin and did, they ran to my
Debbie Ollinger, have been close My grandad is brothers and me
to me since I was born. From the reason I am with open arms,
attending my extracurricular quick-witted and and I always felt
activities to helping me with outgoing. When welcome there. Also,
problems I face in school and I am with him, during the summers,
my personal life, my Gramz and we always joke I always spent one
Grandad are two of the most around with whole week with
important people in my life. My each other and my Granna and Pa.
Grandad has been a farmer his try to make each During that time,
whole life, and our family has other laugh. My I learned how to make tons of
been in the Ag industry for more grandad always says that I am the recipes from scratch, go outside
than 120 years. Every time my only one who can mess around to the garden and pick fruits and
family goes down to see them, with him and that I am his favorite vegetables, and even gather eggs
they are always both working granddaughter (granted, I’m from their chickens. Looking back,
hard. However, they still have the only one). My grandparents I realize that even though as a kid I
time to play around with their have helped me so much in my felt like I was learning things “old
five grandchildren and always childhood and even now as I’m school style,” now I see that my
getting ready to graduate.
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