LAURA EMMALEIGH SMITH

MY HERO

By

Laura Emmaleigh SMITH (January 2008)


My hero is my Grandpa Long. He is my mom’s dad. He is my mom’s dad. He is 64 years old. Sadly, he also has been expected to die since before my mom was born. He has several medical conditions including, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and phlebitis. Because of this he takes a lot of medication and shots. I help him organize the pills and he calls me his nurse.

My Grandpa is a retired EMT., and even though he lives in Kanab, Utah he is very close to his family. The three most important things to him are God, his family, and church. If there is one place in the world he could be, it would be the temple. He believes very strongly in his religion. When my parents could not make it to my baptism interview he went with me. He loves to do genealogy.

My Grandpa loves to hear laughing children and music. He loves to see smiling faces. He believes that you can do anything if you keep trying. He plays a big part in my life. His favorite animal is a pig.

All but one of his four children are married, and she is engaged. He has 15 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. He has a nickname for all of them, like candy man, cowboy, JTXYZ&Q, and many others. He has traditions with each family. With mine it was trying a new flavor of Ice Cream each weekend when he came to visit.

He is the person that taught me how to cook. At Christmas time when he wraps presents he likes to hide things like money in the tree. He and my aunt have this game where they trick each other with their presents.

I love him so much. But most of all he is my hero.