During the second meeting, some of us talked about who our extraordinary people were that we had the honor of interviewing and writing their memoir. While hearing everyone, I felt a little sad. Many people are getting the ability to talk to their grandparents. I know I can’t turn back time and change the past, but I really wish I would have gotten the chance to interview my grandmother that raised me. I feel for me, I still don’t have that closure that I wished I had. She raised me towards the end of her life to give me some of the best memories in my early life, and I really did not know her life. All I have are the stories she told my aunt and uncles that they pass on to me, but it does not feel the same. I know she is with me wherever I am or wherever she is.
These two past weeks being part of the Life Course Scholars Program it has been really great to know people and their stories. Although we were not able to go on the retreat like other years, I feel good vibes from this group of people. On the first day of class, we were broken up into Zoom groups rooms where we go to know people in a one-on-one setting, which I like. We were given icebreaker prompts to start of the conversation; however, the person I was paired with went off the prompts within the first three minute. We just talked normally and found out that we had so much in common and went through a lot of the same experiences in life and at UC San Diego.
During the second meeting, some of us talked about who our extraordinary people were that we had the honor of interviewing and writing their memoir. While hearing everyone, I felt a little sad. Many people are getting the ability to talk to their grandparents. I know I can’t turn back time and change the past, but I really wish I would have gotten the chance to interview my grandmother that raised me. I feel for me, I still don’t have that closure that I wished I had. She raised me towards the end of her life to give me some of the best memories in my early life, and I really did not know her life. All I have are the stories she told my aunt and uncles that they pass on to me, but it does not feel the same. I know she is with me wherever I am or wherever she is.
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3/10/2021 04:35:15 pm
Hi Fascio I am so glad we got to be put into the first-day breakout room together! I always get really nervous and anxious for the first few days of class and once we got to know each other as we talked about how similar our life and UCSD experiences are, my nerves settled down. It was so nice that we got to talk about how we managed through quarantine by online shopping, self-care routines, and mostly sleep. Also so crazy how similar we are being Filipino and having our grandmothers raise us. My condolences for your grandmother, I remembered we discussed that our grandmothers were an integral part of our upbringing and still are influential people of our actions today. It is clear how much you treasure your relationship with her and how much you love her, what helps me sometimes is remembering the good memories filled with laughter and smiles. If you ever want to chat again about our lives and UCSD, I would be more than happy to zoom meet!
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Fascio Vallente (they/them/theirs)Fascio is a Global Health and Ethnic Studies double major from Long Beach, CA. A fun fact is that they have a scar under their chin, getting it from doing a diving sprint in high school during volleyball practice. Archives
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