Moments

Everyone always talks about moments. How that one moment made them want to be a doctor or an astronaut or to just give back to the community. Your life is made up of moments and every moment should be something that you are proud of. Although these are not the moments that have affected me the most; the memories that will haunt you for the rest of your life are the ones that sometimes mean the most. That one day that you screwed up can make you realize how much you do not deserve some things and how you need to treasure every good moment that you have. This has happened to me throughout my life on multiple occasions, but the moment that seemed to have changed me the most would start on a rainy day, in a hospital.
“You’re mom is really sick, you know that don’t you?” This is the first question my dad asked when we went into the hospital on that day. These began to just seem like routine checks at this point. Everyone told me how sick my mom was, but no one told me why. Why had this happened to my mom, why now, why would no one just give me a strait forward answer. Maybe I just never asked the right questions.
“Yes…do you know if my phone came in the mail yet?” This is how I answered and I remember that day because of how he gave me the box to my phone. He did not say anything else to me until we got to the room she was in and I was so focused on my phone that I did not even realize that until after it was too late.
“I see you got your new phone! I hope you love it…no I’m not in any pain. Let me see it!!” This is what my mom said to me when I walked into my room. She seemed to be so focused on my phone and my well being that my dad only got in the simple question, “Are you in any pain?” My mom then proceeded to look at my phone and...

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My mother taught me lots of things in life and it seems as if every moment I think I was with her, I learned something that will affect me for the rest of my life. She taught me how to be strong, but sometimes you need to cry to let the tears wash your eyes. To live every moment of my life to the fullest and as if it were my last. To be humble in life because someone always has it worse than you, and you have no idea what people go through. And to never ever take anything for granted because you never know what you have until you lost it. This is my moment. The moment that changed my life forever. It is not a moment that I regret, I believe regrets only make you weaker, but it is a moment that I have learned from and a moment that truly did make me realize how fragile life can be, and how fast all of the moments you once had can disappear.