The gold chain

My grandparents Margarita and Amador, my dad's parents, gave her four children a big gold chain with a religious symbol very important in their lives. Since then my dad always carries this gold chain, never seen him without it unless at night before bed that emerges from his neck, kisses it and puts it on his desk. The rest of my uncles almost the same. My grandmother died six years ago, before she died she promised my sister who is the oldest of the nephews by my dad, that her gold chain would be for her and no one else. And so it happened. Now that my dad and my sister carry on their necks with the same chain reminds me a lot of those times as a child and when I used to visit the my grandparent's home, I do remember most of all to her, my grandmother who was always a very friendly and always took care of me and my sisters. I remember those times when my grandmother helped me do my homework, watching her favorite channels on television and eating tacos, the most delicious I've tasted. At night she liked to take walks, always said it was very hot, even joked that the day she died, to be buried with his feet outside the tomb. My grandparents used to have a house in McAllen, every weekend I used to go with them and we had very good times, we enjoyed shopping and I had always something new when come back home, about American food, my grandmother turned it into delicious Mexican dishes .It is difficult to learn to live without someone as special as she was to me, even more when I was little and we were obsessed with certain people, I haven’t seen her for so long, but I'll be back someday with her, while here, I will help my sister and my dad to keep their chains because every time I see them with your chain on, came straight to the memories of my childhood. Another thing is that my mom is named Margarita, so although she is not the daughter of my grandmother, she reminds me of her. Also my grandparents and my parents are "Margarita and Amador". She is a person to remember and never forget, she will always be in my mind. I promise to take care those chains at all times.

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