Way back when I was in second grade my dad was diagnosed with a nearly incurable type of cancer. At the time I wasn't aware of how bad it was, I just knew that if it wasn't cured he would die. His fight lasted over a year but when I started third grade he lost the battle. When I was younger the thought that I might lose my dad had never crossed my mind. I can honestly say that I took what I had for granted, thinking I’d have him for many years to come. Due to this experience I believe that people should appreciate what they have while they still have it. People these days are always rushing through life, not pausing and appreciating what they have or even realizing that they have it at all. This was how I lived until I realized that you won’t have everything forever. With the loss of my dad I figured out that nothing in life should be taken for granted. I spent months crying myself to sleep, worrying about the fact that the most important man in my life might not be with me very soon. I remember trying to fall asleep one night and thinking, “What am I doing right now? My dad is dying in hospice and I am here, wallowing in self pity.” That was when a switch flipped for me. I promised myself that I wouldn't take a single thing in my life for granted anymore. …show more content…
Had I learned sooner to cherish everything, I would have taken the time to acknowledge and be appreciative of the fact that I had something great that I wouldn't have my whole
When I was twelve years old, a close friend of mine passed away. At first, I didn’t know how to process what was happening. How can someone I’ve known for the majority of my life be gone? But then it finally hit me. My friend was really gone. There would be no more days challenging
Many of us might not realize what we take for granted until we all lose it. And once we do we gain new perspective on life. The perspective of doing something now so later you wont wonder what if, and that to be is the most life changing thing a person can
Cancer is a deadly disease that millions of people die from a year. Many loved ones are killed with little to no warning affecting families across our world. My family happened to be one that was affected by this atrocious disease. This event changed the way my family members and I viewed cancer.
Instead, why not enjoy the time that you have than worrying about your problems. I wonder why is it.. I wonder why is it that when someone has been told that they have some type of cancer and they’re going to die in six months that they automatically decide to have a great life, why is that? Well it’s because they thought their entire life that they deserved to just survive. God didn’t put us on this earth to simply survive, God put us on this earth to live, to enjoy the benefits of our hard work. That’s why he put us on this earth for and if you aren’t living then do what you would do if you didn’t have any time left in this world, write it down and go do it. There’s a huge difference between living and surviving, it shouldn’t take some type of cancer or disease, or for you to get in a car accident or for you to lose a loved one to actually go out there and live your life. Do not give yourself a chance to go back, do not give yourself a chance to stop moving forward and do not give yourself a chance to second guess yourself because life is not about surviving, it’s about living. Thank
Life often throws obstacles at you so, just like the theme in “Gift From a Son Who Died” don't let terrible news change who you are. Before being diagnosed with leukemia, Eric was an athlete with a competitive edge. Being used to doing all the activities Eric would do, he was only left at home sick with his goals, “... determined to go to college later, study hard, make the soccer team, eventually make all-American” (Lund 889). After having found out he had leukemia, Eric was still convinced that he was going to be able to play soccer and attend school with a life threatening condition. As Eric lived his life with leukemia, he often reminded himself of the valuable events in his life he wasn't
One of the most frustrating things about my grandma’s death was that she waited so long to visit a doctor. Learning that breast cancer is one of the most curable cancers makes me so selfishly upset. If she had been less resistant about getting regular check-ups and taking care of her body, I believe she would still be alive. It’s not effective to think about “what ifs” because I can’t change what happened; however, I wish she were still here.
Imagine having to wake up each day wondering if that day will be the last time you see or speak to your father. Individuals should really find a way to recognize that nothing in life is guaranteed and that they should live every day like it could be there last. This is the story of my father’s battle with cancer and the toll it took on himself and everyone close to him. My father was very young when he was first diagnosed with cancer. Lately, his current health situation is much different than what it was just a few months ago. Nobody was ready for what was about to happen to my dad, and I was not ready to take on so many new responsibilities at such an adolescent age. I quickly learned to look at life much differently than I had. Your roles change when you have a parent who is sick. You suddenly become the caregiver to them, not the other way around.
Joni Mitchell once said, “You don’t know what you got till it’s gone.” Odds are, you knew what you had, but you thought you’d never lose it. In this world we often take things for granted, people and possessions. We fall short of realizing the true value of things around us. We do not realize that we need to acknowledge the things we have before they become the things we had.
He was given a window of a few months to a year to live, that it was certain death, with no hope for a cure. My father was my hero, he was an excellent example of what a man and father should be. He was kind to all those he met, generous to those in need, firm on his morals, and humble when he encountered anything that he did not understand. He was not perfect, but in my eyes, he didn’t have to be. He was my friend, my mentor, and my father and did so with ease. As I moved my wife and children across the country, we stopped to visit my parents, so he could to see his grandchildren one more
My father passed away in 1991, two weeks before Christmas. I was 25 at the time but until then I had not grown up. I was still an ignorant youth that only cared about finding the next party. My role model was now gone, forcing me to reevaluate the direction my life was heading. I needed to reexamine some of the lessons he taught me through the years.
Because simple assignments can pile on and might skip a few, I was focused more on home life and how I felt emotionally rather than putting forth more effort into my academic career. My actions that year made it more like school, not pursuing goals into the future. Plenty of things happened that year, home life, academic life, distractions from friends… All played a huge role in how I acted towards certain subjects and criteria available to me. One time I told my parents I was staying after school for tutorials when really I went out with a big group of my friends and made some pretty irrelevant decisions. When I was caught, it made it ten times harder to maintain a smile on my face, being completely honest. I was put under house arrest by
The day we got my little dog we now know as Opie was one of the best days of my life. I can remember it as though it was yesterday.
Without hope, we have nothing. I have learned this valuable lesson in dealing with my Mother and Cancer. My Mother passed over on June 4th of this year. Barely three months ago, and yet I still can't believe she is gone. Mom was given two weeks to live after finding out that she had Breast Cancer that had gone too far and was throughout her body. It is a miracle that she lived for 28 months and we thank God for each day. Mom faced death with courage, strength and never gave up hope for a miracle. Her Dr's were amazed each time they saw her, which was on a monthly basis. You couldn't look at her and see a thing wrong with her. She looked strong and robust, outgoing and if she didn't like something she would let you know. But she always had faith that when her time came she would go to meet her Maker and be reunited with her parents and members of the family that had already passed over. Mom had dreams throughout those 28 months of seeing my Grandmother. Speaking with her, in her dreams. And one thing that Nana always told her was to never give up her faith and hope. That without hope we have nothing. I believe that Nana was preparing her for her return to the Lord and to Nana.
As a young girl, I always felt as if I had so much to do, but so little time to do it. I would always push things off until the next day thinking, “Oh there is always tomorrow, it can wait.” But once you see a life flash before your eyes, everything seems to change.
Throughout my transient life, I have come across plenty of obstacles to the point where I believed the world despised me and was out to destroy my spirit. While in reality within every barrier was a surreptitious life lesson that could only be seen only through further scrutinization. In the end, the adversity of life is what makes life aesthetic because one cannot appreciate things going good if they never went bad. I believe the most important lesson life ever taught me was to live in the moment because things happen for a reason, so have fun, and make new experiences. I want to make the most out of life, I don’t want to be one of those old people who looks back at the days when they were young and have exasperation because of the chances that weren’t taken. I