遵义市第一高级中学Myinspiringgrandfather

2020年12月11日发(作者：柳村)
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My inspiring grandfather

作者：殷华新

来源：《中学课程辅导·高考版》2020年第02期

原文
Ever since I was little I have had the security and love of a whole family. Im sure all of you have
lost a loved one， ranging from a dear pet to a beloved family member. I myself have lost many
cherished hamsters， but never in my childhood did I think I would lose a family member.
I have many family members; I even have two living greatgrandparents and I also had four
grandparents. All that changed in the beginning of 2002. At that time our family was astonished to
find out that my grandfather on my Dads side of the family was found to have cancer. He suffered
through two years of it. We did everything we could to help him enjoy a comfortable stay at the
hospital， like we taped videos of my soccer games and visited him in Chicago on Halloween.
He fought all he could， but on the day of November 5， 2003， he passed away. At that time
my parents were visiting him in Chicago， and my other grandparents from Virginia were watching
us. Our parents came home early that visit. I still remember that day when they sat all of us down and
told us the news. I felt a mix of emotions such as depression， loss， and emptiness. I ran outside into
the crisp November air and cried silent tears， kneeling at my hamsters grave under the bare cherry
blossom tree.
Almost a year had passed and we were eating dinner at the dinner table when a discussion started
about how we could help find a cure for cancer or make the lives of the many people who have it more
enjoyable. My older sister Molly and I came up with the idea of selling our honey from our
grandparents in Virginias hives. I came up with the name Hives for Lives and we started our business
with the bees.
The business started by taking the honey from our bees and some beeswax. We left enough for
the bees to survive through the winter. I only got stung once！ After this we would go through the
long process of spinning the honey， filtering the honey with three filters， and then putting the
honey in a large tin heater and warming it until it was drippy and easily bottled in one of our glass jars.
Then we would cap the newly filled jars and label them. We did this all by ourselves！
This year we added beeswax candles and lip balm of many flavors to the product line. We were
selling it at the events or stores. Last year， we raised $$2，000 for the American Cancer Society and
all of it went to a camp for children who have cancer. This year， with a few of our friends， Molly
and I spent a lot of our time making beeswax candles and beeswax lip balm. With a lot of help， we
raised $$9，300！