Great Depression Persuasive Speech

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Many weeks of cancer treatments for my little sister Tory has worn me down. Tory was diagnosed with leukemia last fall. My parents have never been the same since that unforgettable doctor's appointment. I mean, I feel the same way, cancer has created a one big problem in my family. Lately, all the attention has been on Tory and her health issues, and I am afraid my parents forgot that I still exist. Little did I know it was going to be the worst day of my life.
“Can I see Taylor?” asked our principal Mrs. White. I felt embarrassed, and confused why I was being pinpointed out in front of the class? “ I am very sorry dear, your sister isn’t doing well, her cancer has spreaded to her brain.” She just went out and said it without …show more content…

Well, we didn’t really sleep , just hoping and praying Tory would make it through the night. My eyes barely open, but I could manage to make out a image of my parents speaking to the doctor. “We our going to stop the treatments for Tory, she is struggling, I am very sorry.” Mom hasn’t cried this much since Tory was born. One day passed since Tory’s death,and our family and friends have been getting us through those rough 24 hours without her. Even some of my classmates have contacted me, which has never happened before. When we got home from the hospital, I went upstairs to cry in my pillows. I know people say things happen for a reason, but this, this should have not happened.

Today was Tory’s funeral. It was the first time walking in her room for about a month. I have tried to stay away from it as long as I could, yet today I felt like I needed to go in there. The pale purple walls made me gasp as my eyes started to tear up. My fingertips slid across the walls and a little dust gathers since know one has been in there. The wooden floors creaked as I walk over to her twin bed. I sat on her bed and stared at the pictures on the walls that were of Tory and I then lay flat back on her bed to see the dangling butterflies hanging from the ceiling fan. I reach over to the left at me and grab Tory’s build a

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