My grandmother
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Warrick Sullivan
Warrick Sullivan is the owner and founder of Legacy Library. Currently living in Brisbane Australia with his wife and 3 boys, Warrick has a background in software development, and enjoys tennis, reading, and spending quality time with family. By Warrick Sullivan
Published on 07/14/2007
I would like to tell you a little bit about my grandmother. I have the utmost of love and respect for all my family and I’m sure I will write a lot about them in future articles, but for now I would like to focus on my grandmother because I feel that she had one of the largest impacts on my life, especially now that I have children of my own.
I was born when my mother was very young, and my biological father moved away shortly after I was born, so my mother and I spent my first few years living with my grandparents. Also my mother worked during the day so I was left in the care of my caring grandmother, so as you can imagine, I grew very close to my grandparents.
My grandmother, Norma Margaret McCoy, was one of the most caring and protective people I have ever met. She taught me the meaning of unconditional love, respect and most importantly faith. As a child, no matter what I did or said, I knew that she would always back me 100%, even when what I did was perhaps wrong. She never smacked me or yelled at me, and showered me with kindness any chance she got. I would guess any child expert would say it was perhaps the wrong way to raise a child, and as you can imagine I was quite a handful in my childhood years. I would say I would not have been the easiest kid to look after, but my grandmother never wavered. She showed nothing but love and respect..
I was born when my mother was very young, and my biological father moved away shortly after I was born, so my mother and I spent my first few years living with my grandparents. Also my mother worked during the day so I was left in the care of my caring grandmother, so as you can imagine, I grew very close to my grandparents.
My grandmother, Norma Margaret McCoy, was one of the most caring and protective people I have ever met. She taught me the meaning of unconditional love, respect and most importantly faith. As a child, no matter what I did or said, I knew that she would always back me 100%, even when what I did was perhaps wrong. She never smacked me or yelled at me, and showered me with kindness any chance she got. I would guess any child expert would say it was perhaps the wrong way to raise a child, and as you can imagine I was quite a handful in my childhood years. I would say I would not have been the easiest kid to look after, but my grandmother never wavered. She showed nothing but love and respect..
My grandmother
I would like to tell you a little bit about my grandmother. I have the utmost of love and respect for all my family and I’m sure I will write a lot about them in future articles, but for now I would like to focus on my grandmother because I feel that she had one of the largest impacts on my life, especially now that I have children of my own.
I was born when my mother was very young, and my biological father moved away shortly after I was born, so my mother and I spent my first few years living with my grandparents. Also my mother worked during the day so I was left in the care of my caring grandmother, so as you can imagine, I grew very close to my grandparents.
My grandmother, Norma Margaret McCoy, was one of the most caring and protective people I have ever met. She taught me the meaning of unconditional love, respect and most importantly faith. As a child, no matter what I did or said, I knew that she would always back me 100%, even when what I did was perhaps wrong. She never smacked me or yelled at me, and showered me with kindness any chance she got. I would guess any child expert would say it was perhaps the wrong way to raise a child, and as you can imagine I was quite a handful in my childhood years. I would say I would not have been the easiest kid to look after, but my grandmother never wavered. She showed nothing but love and respect.
Even as a child I idolised her and cherished everything she ever gave me like it was made of gold. In my eyes my grandmother could do no wrong. As a teenager I done the usual trick of acting cool and put up a mask that showed a more emotionally detached character, but inside I never lost the feelings of love and respect.
She passed away in August 1992, the day before her birthday. It was obviously a very sad time for me and my family, but in a way, I could still feel her warmth and knew she would never be far away.
To this day, even though I rarely express it, and perhaps even make efforts to hide it, I have a great love and respect for people that allows me to see things in people that others don’t see. I have a faith in people that I can not shake, and a pride that I will always do what I feel is right, no matter how hard it may be. And no matter what I read in the papers or hear on the news, I have a warmth inside me that tells me the world is good, even in its darkest hours. I know without a doubt that I owe this to my grandmother. So where ever you are, I thank you.
With my own children, I have a similar approach, where my children get a lot of freedom to make their own choices and I endeavour to see the best in them, even when it is not on display. I pride myself on loving them unconditionally as I would imagine most parents endeavour to do. When I feel they are doing something disrespectful, or harmful to them or others, I will punish my children calmly (as a general rule. I am human) and always explain to them why I disagree with what they are doing. Most importantly, when the punishment is over, so is my disapproval. In doing so, the children know that I disapprove of their actions, but am never disapproving of them. I love and respect them unconditionally just like I was taught.
I was born when my mother was very young, and my biological father moved away shortly after I was born, so my mother and I spent my first few years living with my grandparents. Also my mother worked during the day so I was left in the care of my caring grandmother, so as you can imagine, I grew very close to my grandparents.
My grandmother, Norma Margaret McCoy, was one of the most caring and protective people I have ever met. She taught me the meaning of unconditional love, respect and most importantly faith. As a child, no matter what I did or said, I knew that she would always back me 100%, even when what I did was perhaps wrong. She never smacked me or yelled at me, and showered me with kindness any chance she got. I would guess any child expert would say it was perhaps the wrong way to raise a child, and as you can imagine I was quite a handful in my childhood years. I would say I would not have been the easiest kid to look after, but my grandmother never wavered. She showed nothing but love and respect.
Even as a child I idolised her and cherished everything she ever gave me like it was made of gold. In my eyes my grandmother could do no wrong. As a teenager I done the usual trick of acting cool and put up a mask that showed a more emotionally detached character, but inside I never lost the feelings of love and respect.
She passed away in August 1992, the day before her birthday. It was obviously a very sad time for me and my family, but in a way, I could still feel her warmth and knew she would never be far away.
To this day, even though I rarely express it, and perhaps even make efforts to hide it, I have a great love and respect for people that allows me to see things in people that others don’t see. I have a faith in people that I can not shake, and a pride that I will always do what I feel is right, no matter how hard it may be. And no matter what I read in the papers or hear on the news, I have a warmth inside me that tells me the world is good, even in its darkest hours. I know without a doubt that I owe this to my grandmother. So where ever you are, I thank you.
With my own children, I have a similar approach, where my children get a lot of freedom to make their own choices and I endeavour to see the best in them, even when it is not on display. I pride myself on loving them unconditionally as I would imagine most parents endeavour to do. When I feel they are doing something disrespectful, or harmful to them or others, I will punish my children calmly (as a general rule. I am human) and always explain to them why I disagree with what they are doing. Most importantly, when the punishment is over, so is my disapproval. In doing so, the children know that I disapprove of their actions, but am never disapproving of them. I love and respect them unconditionally just like I was taught.