Speech About a Senior Citizen
Losing a loved one is hard. Losing a loved one is even harder whenever you don’t really have anyone there to comfort you except for yourself and your brother and sister. When Mary Bekka’s father was killed in World War 2, she had to be the person there for her brother and sister. She acted as the role model for them in a time whenever they didn’t have parents around. Mary Bekka was born in 1929 and grew up in Aliquippa. She was the oldest child out of 3 children, herself, a brother and a sister. She spent most of her childhood years living in Aliquippa. Her father worked in a steel mill for as long as she can remember, and her mother stayed at home to take care of the house and to take care of the kids. Despite the fact that her father had a full time job there still was not much money around the house. The whole family had to make due with what they had, and although there was not much money around, they were happy. She would go to school everyday and meet up with her friends. After school her and all her friends would play until they had to go eat dinner. She had the average life of a child in the 1930’s until sometime in the 1940’s. Mary says she does not remember the exact year. Her life drastically changed though. Her father
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Approximate Word count = 1165
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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