Describing a person

A Teacher of My Life

My grandma taught me what life is like, and supported me a lot. I lived with my grandparents for 18 years. Because my parents were teachers, my grandparents looked after my brother and me. My grandma, who is my father’s mother, was a small, skinny woman with short black hair and she had a lot of lines on her face. Because of these wrinkles, she always looked like she was smiling. She was tender and kind. Her hands were rough because she loved gardening and worked in the fields harvesting vegetables. I learned how to grow plants from her. Also, she was very good at cooking, so I learned how to cook from her, too.
She was a very thoughtful person and a good listener. She was over 60-years-old but would always try to understand her young grandchildren’s feelings and thoughts. When I was an elementary school student, I had a big argument with my best friend, Sayumi. I don’t remember the reason why we had such a big argument but we both got really angry and I didn’t know how to fix the relationship. I asked my grandma to give me some advice.
She listened to my story carefully without interrupting. Then she said I should be more objective and apologize to my best friend. Even if I wasn’t wrong, I should say “sorry” to her. I, however, said “It is not fair because not only was I wrong but she was also. She has never apologized to me even if she was completely wrong, so far. I have done many things for her. She is ungrateful.” Then, my grandma told me that I should be more thankful to things around me. She said “If you think there was nothing that you can be thankful to Sayumi for, it is your fault. Don’t you remember that she also helped you a lot and you have had a very good time with her? ” She also said that I had taken everything for granted, but I was so lucky that I could have such a good friend in my life. I noticed that my thought was wrong and I took her advice. I said “I am sorry.” to Sayumi the next day.
Thanks to her objective advice, my friend and I have been best friends for 13 years. She was well-experienced and has had a lot of knowledge through her long life. Almost always she accepted reality very calmly. She always gave me a lot of good advice to get along with people around me, I also learned how I should behave in society from her. She is my ideal person in my life.