Personal Essay: Life After The Vietnam War
My grandmother says, “Nothing more sweet and delicious than fried rolls during a time like this.” She smiled as she stared at me. Despise her expression, the smile that she gave me chill down my spine as something about to happen. Yes, it was the same type of old story that she told me again and again for the past five months, but this one was different.
As far as I know, my grandmother and my grandfather lived happily after the Vietnam War, but I had never heard such experience like this. The war was a dark history for my grandparents, my dad, and my aunts and uncles; they had to suffer the lack of food and insecure for their safety for years, yet they also had to work hard to repair everything that got destroyed every time the communist …show more content…
While she smoothly prepared the ingredients for the next steps, she began to share about her past and why this foods had such significance to her. She recalled her past as she says, " This story is rather a sad memory about our dark past which related to this meal." Not much interest, I kept messing the stuff on the table. My grandmother noticed it, so she raised her voice a bit to get my attention back in, "Back then, foods were not as common as now. We often scavenging for foods like potatoes and cassarvas, while meat was very rare and expensive. Foods like fried rolls were very valuable and only use in special occasion like ancestors day or festival days. Despise the tension of the war, they still joined together and celebrated them as much as they can." "Fried rolls was one of the few foods that we could afford and easiest to prepare. It was everyone's favorites. The joyments in everyone's face despite the war and our losts shared a great memory in my heart." This gains my interest over our family's history and how all the stories were finally make sense. " Fried rolls was not only represent those hard times but also my love for your grandfather." She quietly sat down, prepare to add the the filling to the wrapper. " It's our first meal together every since your grandfather was enlist into the army. It carried our love memory after being separated for so long." As she finished the
As far as I know, my grandmother and my grandfather lived happily after the Vietnam War, but I had never heard such experience like this. The war was a dark history for my grandparents, my dad, and my aunts and uncles; they had to suffer the lack of food and insecure for their safety for years, yet they also had to work hard to repair everything that got destroyed every time the communist …show more content…
While she smoothly prepared the ingredients for the next steps, she began to share about her past and why this foods had such significance to her. She recalled her past as she says, " This story is rather a sad memory about our dark past which related to this meal." Not much interest, I kept messing the stuff on the table. My grandmother noticed it, so she raised her voice a bit to get my attention back in, "Back then, foods were not as common as now. We often scavenging for foods like potatoes and cassarvas, while meat was very rare and expensive. Foods like fried rolls were very valuable and only use in special occasion like ancestors day or festival days. Despise the tension of the war, they still joined together and celebrated them as much as they can." "Fried rolls was one of the few foods that we could afford and easiest to prepare. It was everyone's favorites. The joyments in everyone's face despite the war and our losts shared a great memory in my heart." This gains my interest over our family's history and how all the stories were finally make sense. " Fried rolls was not only represent those hard times but also my love for your grandfather." She quietly sat down, prepare to add the the filling to the wrapper. " It's our first meal together every since your grandfather was enlist into the army. It carried our love memory after being separated for so long." As she finished the