My Idol: My grandmother

I would like to dedicate this entry to my grandmother who has been a source of inspiration for me since I can remember. She has always been the person who has understood me more than anyone. She has always been the one who has been there to encourage me to carry on on the difficult times. She has always been there for anything that I've need. So I'd like you to know how she is.

My grandmother has always been a survivor, she has adapted to everything that life has prepared for her. She was born in Ceuta the 31st July of 1931, her mother died when she was 3 years old. 2 years after that happened they had to run away from Ceuta because the war had started, and her family was well known for republican ideals so it was no good idea to stay in Franco's headquarters. They moved to Madrid with almost anything. They stayed on her grandmother's house. They suffered all the consequences of war, bombers passed over Madrid day and day after and they had to get hidden somewhere. When the war finished her father was in prison, where the winners (if we should call them like this) killed him. She went to Granada where she studied on the school that her aunt directed, it was a nun's school. And she spent her childhood and adolescence there. By the time she reached the 18 years old she ran away from there and moved to Barcelona where she studied and met my grandfather. After that the story is a stereotype of those times, a young couple, they both work and try to get the best for their family although it's difficult.

As you can see she has had no easy life, but, you know what? She has never said I can't or I surrend. She has been working and working to go ahead. And she has done it. She is the kind of person that gives more than she recieves, but she doesn't care. She has always been happy by helping others to have easy lives. She has had no parents since she was 7. How can a kid stand it? There's no easy way to do it. She had 8 brothers. There are only three of them alive (she included). She has had to see her family die, her friends too. So for me, she is a hero. She is THE HERO everyone should have, and I will always be grateful for having had the chance of having a person like her close to me.