Skull/Mask Spanish and English written Portions

For my eulogy I’m doing mine on one of my relatives. The relative that died was my  Pop-Pop. He passed away in the January 2010. He died from prostate cancer that he had for about a year. To me I didn’t really know my Pop-Pop until he was dying. When I met him he was a silly old man. From the stories I heard, he was apparently strict when he was younger. As he got older he seemed to warm up a little bit. I’m getting off topic. To me he was one of the only male influences I’ve had in my life.

I created a sugar skull in remembrance of my Pop-Pop because I wanted something to remember him by. Like I said earlier i didn’t really know the man when I was younger. For me it wasn’t so much that he lived far away, it was just that he and my mom were always fighting. He wasn’t allowed to come over unless it was someone’s birthday, or if something important happened. Also for he was one of the only people I know that have died. I guess people can look at that as a blessing. For me it’s a blessing and a curse. it’s a blessing because I don’t know a lot of people that have died, but on the other hand I can’t really help someone who is grieving since i don’t really know the feeling. i did feel sad when he died since before he died my mom took me over his house about three times a month because he was sick. While I was over their i would just talk to him or listen to him and my mom talk. I’m getting of topic, I chose him because I wanted to do something to really remember him.

My sugar school reflects my Pop-Pop. I would say it reflects him because of the color scheme and what i decorated the skull with. The color scheme reflects him because I painted one side gray showing as how i heard he was quite strict when he was younger.i learned about this when my mom told me when he taught her how to drive. He made her drive stick around the block until she made everything meet his high standards of driving. She said the lessons would last for hours at a time. I the other side of my skull I painted multiple colors to represent how silly he was. I know I just said he was strict, but that was before I met him. When i met him he was a lot older ( like 80) so he had lived a long life. By the time he was that old he had a ton of kids and even more grandkids, so whenever he saw his grandkids he tried to be nice to them and act silly. So that’s why the sugar skull reflects my Pop-Pop.

Dia de los Muertos has opened up my mind on celebrating the passing of others. It has opened up my mind because usually I don’t try to think about the dead because I find it depressing. Dia de los Muertos taught me that you can celebrate someone’s life instead of grieving over their death. While doing my sugar skull, I  thought about my Pop-Pop and his life. Even though it’s true that I wish i knew him more and wished he didn’t die. He did, but he had a pretty eventful life leading up to that. He lived in multiple cities across the country, he had many children and grandchildren, he fought in two wars, and did more. Even though life has it’s good and bad he tried to live his life to the fullest.I guess that’s something to celebrate right? Well that’s how Dia de los Muertos opened my mind on the celebration of people passing.

Yo soy Cameron Lockett. Yo soy él orador para mi abuelo’s panegírico. Él fue de Indiana. Él fue bajo y inteligente. Estoy hablando en el espanol clase. Yo estoy triste.

Él vida es extrañar y commemorar ,adios.