Everyone in my familyis a story teller, but the best story teller of all is my grandma, Mam. She’ll even tell stories to people standing in front of her on the grocery store line, as well as me and my sisters. I lve her stories because she is always so animated when telling them and you can feel her e passion through her words. My favorite and most inspirational story of hers is about one of her first jobs. In the 70’s, it was not common for a woman ot be in the electronic or mathematical field. My grandma though chose to be a computer technitician as well and a mathematical computer teacher at a college. Beingg the only woman at her job, she faced much discrimination.One day, her boss called her into his office and asked her on a date. She politely declined and in a whirlwind of fury of being rejected, he fired her. She refused to give in and simply walked proudly out of his office head helfd high as her coworkers jeered at her. A few days later she went on to get an even better job and with bosses that actually appreciated her. Stories like these have taught me to stay strong and stick up for yourself. It also taught me to maintain hope and not get down on yourself when you feel as if life has rejected you. She always tells me Everything happens for a reason, and when one door closes another always opens. My grandma continues to show me this through examples from her life everyday. I can only hope to be as strong and amazing as she is. She is my true inspiration.
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