Flashbulb Memories
About one year ago I remember hearing about some very awful news. My grandmother had died suddenly. In my mind it was impossible that this could happen. No one who was close to me had ever died before. It was even harder to believe because my grandmother had been much more healthy than her husband. She still worked as a babysitter during the days, and that is where she died. She was taking care of a four year old child and had a stroke while sitting in a chair. The little boy just thought she fell asleep. He tried very hard to wake her up, but obviously couldn't. When the paramedics finally came they said she had died the minute it happened. To me the strangest part of my memories of that day is the fact that I don't really remember being told. I think this may be because I didn't believe it. My grandmother had taken care of me many times in my childhood. She lived in the next town over with my grandfather for my whole life. Every holiday she would cook so much food for my entire family, that there would be leftovers (and my family is huge seeing as my last name is ------) How could this woman not be ten minutes away anymore? I just couldn't believe my parents and maybe that is why I don't remember being told.
Her hands were delicately crossed on top of each other on her chest, and her wedding ring with the huge diamond glittered in the dim fluorescent lights. This might be easier for her to remember because of the familiarity of the room. My Grandfathers death was gradual and it seems that flashbulb memories are more of unpredictable situations. I know that in ten years I will still remember my grandmother, and I am happy for that. She told me about hearing the news. She did not look like my grandmother. It seemed to me that her hair was a different shade of red than usual. There were more pictures I can see in my mind even now of Greg, Stacey, Geoffrey, Denise, Marrisa and Shannon. Of course another factor of my first experience was that it had been so sudden. Bibliography References1) Van Zandt, Trisha, "No Title", Web site, last update Thu Jan 28 10:47:05 EST 1999, Date visited; 11/18/99 http://maigret. The white satin lining of the coffin with that little pillow looked as if it was very comfortable. Some examples the experts are always giving of public incidence are John F. All my denial and confusion were lost, and at that moment there was a huge sense of inevitability and sadness in my mind.
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