Although my parents moved to the Midwest of the United States after they graduated from college, my grandparents have always lived in San Francisco. I was born and raised in the Midwest, and although there were times when I wished that my grandparents also lived in the Midwest with us, looking back I think I’m actually glad that they have always lived in San Francisco. Now, I’m not saying that because I wouldn’t want to spend more time with them; I’m saying that because them living in San Francisco gave me an additional view of the world from the time that I was quite young.
Since we have always gone out to San Francisco for the holidays, I got to experience what life was like in a major United States city. I think it was all of these experiences that made me willing to go to a college in a major city on the East coast, and to continue living and working there after I graduated from school. My grandparents are still in my life to this day, and I’m really looking forward to heading out to San Francisco quite soon to spend the holidays with them.
