Branden Wetsel

Professor Nelson
English 2010
3/23/15
Notebook 11
6f. Return to an essay you have written. Revise the essay, making some kind of major adjustment
reworking your thesis, starting with the conclusion, changing the narration (in the memoir or
profile), cutting it by a third, etc. Or translate it into a PSA, audio essay, video essay,
graphic/hypertext.

Flash Memoir
My memory is of something that happened to me when I was eight years old. Back when
I was eight years old I had missionaries from the LDS church come to my house to talk to me
about the teachings of Jesus Christ. The missionaries told me right in front of my mother that
my grandfather was a sinner, my grandfather was going to go to hell when he died because he
drank beer and swore all the time.
This made my mother very upset and she began freaking out at them in front of me.
She screamed How dare you say that kind of shit to my eight year old son?!
Their eyes opened wide and as they went to speak she continued.

His grandfather is a great man and does not deserved to be talked down upon by anyone!
Now their mouths were wide open as they wanted to speak
You two get the hell out of my house! She exclaimed
They immediately got up and ran for the door.
During my mothers outburst I had begun crying because my grandfather was and still is my best
friend in this world and I didnt want to hear that he was going to go to hell. She turned to me
and grabbed me in a big bear hug.
Dont believe them, they were lying Grandpa is going nowhere bad. She said in the softest
tone I had ever heard from her.
I slowly stopped crying and everything was okay at that moment. After that day the only thing I
have believed about religion is that it can be hurtful and ruin lives/ peoples perspectives on
everything. For me it has made it so I do not want any religion in my life because of what
happened that night. For others it had led to violence and sometimes even death. Religion is a
sensitive subject and can be wrongly misinterpreted quite often. This leads to why I believe the
only way to stop all the madness is to coexist and be happy with one anothers choices. If we
could do this the world would be such a better place for us all.