In The Twinkle of an Eye
When I began this project, I immediately thought of my grandfather, Richard Rebman. He had always been one to tell a good story, and after being in World War II, I knew that he would provide me with a colorful paper. But as I sat listening to the wealth of life flow from his wise lips, cracked with the suffering and smiles of ninety years, I knew that he, and not the war, would be the topic of my essay. During his life, my grandpa fought through many unspoken hardships. He lost his first daughter at the age of fourteen to leukemia. Years later the same dieses took his wife. He has also watched his parents, brothers and sisters fall to death. Now, he has been diagnosed with heart failure and there is nothing that any doctors can do. But despite the pain, he still carries with him a twinkle in his eye and a smile in his heart. As I sat listening I learned what lead up to the war. And now, after ninety years of life, good and bad, a little of what makes him tick. "So, can I interview you?" I said. I knew what the answer would be, but I felt I should ask anyway, just to be polite. After I warned him of the poor quality of my questions, he assured me that they were wonderful and we began.
I could make a dollar a day and I bought a suit of clothes for twenty-five dollars. " It amazed me how this man, who had been so many hardships in his life, could still look toward the good. just coming down the sidewalk, click, click, click. " To go from ten cents to four dollars was surly a step up! Soon after, World War II broke out. (When you get older, sometimes you forget. Well, my grandpa stared her straight in the eye and said "Mam, I can look you in the eye and still tell that you are wearing red toenail polish!" I almost fell out of my chair. " "Well all the boys wanted to change jobs with me. " Although working at the plant was helping the war, Rebman felt that it just wasn't enough. I filled some of the tanks on the outside of the fence, and some on the inside. " Next, I boldly asked him if he had killed anyone.
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