Life Changing Life : A Life Changing Moment That Lasts

When I asked her how she got through the hardest parts of her cancer she told me “A lot of prayer, and having the support of my family. I believe that by having the heart of a fighter really helped me get through battling breast cancer.” When asked about her initial weaknesses she explained that she saw herself as an ugly, helpless figure. But that mindset eventually changed to an accepting and appreciative one by seeing the potential limit on her days. “I have learned to cherish my life and those in it more now rather than when before I didn’t always get to see my

At that point all I would ever hear from people was, “oh you poor thing”, or “I’m sorry!” The only thing I heard was people pitying me, but in contrary, those words and moments only sparked a strength that I never thought was achievable. I promised myself to turn those words that represented sorrow into drive to fuel that strength. The first memory that I realized that inner strength was when I was first told that I had cancer. I heard the door click open, five doctors appeared in their white coats, they would come in surrounding me at the hospital bed. I just laid there confused about why all of this was happening. None of them spoke for a minute. My guess is that they were trying to figure out how to tell a fourteen-year-old that she has cancer as if they expected me to start breaking down sobbing. Instead, my eyes refused to shed a single tear as just hearing the words, “ You have cancer.” Those three words turned my life upside down in a matter of a second. Then I proceeded to process them in my mind. Trying to calculate a solution as if it were a math problem. As if it was that easy, but I still managed to ask the question that I never

As I am writing/typing this journal based on a life event, which changed my outlook on life, I

She slowly got better. Then she got worse. The tumors grew. The doctors tried everything. The tumors would shrink then grow again. For all of those long months I tried to see her. Then I stopped trying. I began to lose hope she would get better. I slowly shut out the world. I stopped raising my hand in class, I stopped talking to everyone. Even Abby. I would only come from my room for meals and wouldn’t talk to my parents. My grades began to drop. I went from A’s to C’s. I quit the swim team. It wasn’t bearable without Abby. Same thing with soccer. And Lacrosse. The only thing I still did was Chemistry labs. It distracted me from anything that was going

I cannot describe what I felt when my mom told me she had cancer. I was sad, I was scared; I did not even know if I felt anything. My mom, however, stayed positive and hopeful while I stayed quiet and seemingly apathetic. There was an obvious ironic contrast between the emotional state of me and the woman who actually had cancer.

When she was 11 years old, she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Her family, being the incredibly supportive and posstive family I know, kept her in high spirits throughout the entire process. " When I was in the hospital, I remember being surrounded by friends and family. We would have "P" parties where everything had to start with a P. We would wear pajamas, eat Penne a la vodka, pizza, watch movies that started with the letter P, and just have a great time. Everyone would squish into my little hospital room and enjoy each other's company. I feel really blessed to have family and friends that are so incredibly

Cancer is a disease. A disease that not only affects the life of the person infected, but also the lives of everyone around them. It breaks away at a person until the all that’s left is a husk of the person behind the façade. Such is the case with my friend, who after a few weeks after summer vacation, become despondent and hopeless for a better future. This continued for several months until it became a part of him. It had changed his identity. Where there had been an ambitious individual with goals of attaining world peace, only the will to go through school remained.

"Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're going to get." (Forrest Gump). Experiences received throughout life are random at best and not knowing which delectable treats are sweet, I brace myself for what may turn out to be life-changing. From these bitter and sweet occurrences, my life constantly reshapes the way I interpret and react to similar situations that arise. Life altering events change my behavior due to the outcome of decisions made, opportunities missed and phone calls received.

A life-changing event is not something to be taken lightly. Throughout our lives, we encounter many obstacles and changes, some of which bring us joy and excitement, others of which may be hard for us to handle. When I look back on my relatively short life, it may, at first, be hard for me to think of an event that has truly molded and shaped the person that I am today. I have encountered several changes, but at the time, they felt like mere speed bumps along my path. Looking back now, it is easy for me to see that these changes were not by chance, but were placed in my path to form the person that I am today.

Gina Morgan, was no ordinary girl. Although she lives in the Big city in Harlem, New York, she wasn’t like everyone else over there. Gina wanted to become a scientist/doctor, while everyone else wanted to become hip-hop dancers, actresses, lawyers/ singers, etc. Gina was living with her grandparents and two other siblings. She took care of them all, and sometimes her siblings would help out if they wanted. The reason why Gina lives with her grandparents and not her parents is because , 7 years ago her parents both got into a really bad car crash. The way was this, there was a robbery going on and one of the guys with the bag of money chose to run out to the other side of the street and there wasn’t any time to

Our marriage began on a warm sunny day. Driving to the courthouse, I could feel my heart pounding so hard as though it was going to beat right out of my chest. It felt like butterflies fluttering over a breezy meadow. The closer the time got for us to say our sacred vows to each other; my heart felt like a rose blooming endlessly. As I turned to him and the judge pronounced us man and wife, I felt like I was on cloud nine. Our marriage is full of surprises and happiness. The blessings of our marriage began when we were blessed with another son. We learned a true lesson on how to be the best parents that we could be to these boys. I could tell he was scared about being a father. He is a wonderful father to the boys; he loves to go out and shoot basketball, and kick around a soccer ball with them in the yard. He tries to be a decent father figure in their lives. Being able to teach the boys right from wrong is another lesson for us to learn as couple. There are times he has to discipline them for things that they do wrong. We always do our best to work as a team to work out our disagreements. I found for us to work as an effective team, we have to listen to each other’s perspectives and find the pros and cons to our disagreement. The present is here, the future is to come with more blessings for our marriage.

Everyone has that one experience that makes them look at life with a new set of eyes. My life changing experience happened a little earlier than most. It was the summer before first grade. We had gotten an exceptional amount of rain in the past months even though it was summer. I did not notice, though, because summer was every six year old's favorite holiday, next to Christmas and their birthday. My summer was supposed to be like any other but it quickly took a turn. For the best or for the worst? That is debatable.

On July 4, 2012 I was playing lacrosse in Daytona Beach, Florida with my best friend waiting for someone to order pizza for us. A friend of my friend’s family, a few years older than us, brought his surfboard with him and asked us if we would want to try surfing out before dinner gets there. We were both athletic kids and never tried surfing before, being that we were from Ohio, so we jumped at the opportunity to try it. I was first to try riding a wave, and I was able to stand up and successfully ride it all the way in to shore. My friend tried after and he was also successful his first attempt. This continued as we rode 9-10 more waves in, when we got bored we both said we were going to ride one more wave in, then be done. Little did I know my life changing moment was approaching. I stood up and rode the wave in just like all of the times before. The ocean wind was blowing in my face as the surfboard was gliding over the water. As I approached the shore the board slightly started to turn as I lost my balance and went plunging into the water. The top of my head impacted the ocean floor first, leaving me immediately paralyzed from the neck down, unable to move any part of my body.

“Everyone thinks that a new place or a new identity will jump fast a new life.” – Caroline Leavitt. My story starts in the year 2017 when I decided to follow up on my dream and go to a far-away land, called the United States of America. My journey is full of new surprises and discoveries of a world so different from the one I am leaving behind, with its own beliefs and culture. This is the story of an eighteen-year boy and his first encounter with a new society, his first time away from home and family. It was not an easy decision moving to a different country, leaving behind everything and everybody, but I had the anxiety of traveling and seeing this new world that I had seen only in the movies, the land of Christopher Columbus, where Indians and African-Americans lived unified on a vast territory. I still remember the feeling when my parents said that we are moving to America. It was the time when I felt everything around the world had been stopped, and I did not know what I should do next. I was unable to decide whether life was making me move forward or it would cause me to face more trouble than achievement. I was amazed by looking at the Diversity of people. I knew that there were drastic changes which would be arising in my life which I seemed that it was hard to digest, but it seemed that the USA absorbs everyone in their colors and culture so was I, in the mélange

Once I had did this test got the call I had started to feel noticed. About my smartness that nobody knew about. This was a life changing moment for me and one I start my community I can tell then my life changing story. Then they can share it with others and they can tell me after the start to feel noticed on what had changed there life. As I had went to this place that lets you do communities in your area and they help spread the word for you. They told me I had to pay for a place that was out of my range. So I had to think of a place. I know I can have the meeting at the park. So not only is there enough space there is fresh air and it’s in an open environment. But I will need to pay to rent some of the park which means I have to save up my money from work to pay for this. It it will probably take me a while. That same day I had called cooper and he had told me that he would help me pay for club and he would make a small donation. But the problem is that I need to start passing out flyers that talks about the club. Once I had got all the flyers made they were green with Big black bold letters. As a week went by there were only two people that called to join the club. But I needed more people to join the club. That moment I knew that the club was going to be a fail.