McVay.Session1. Journal I’ve had three life experiences I feel have influenced my academic goals for the better. The first one was when I was 18 years old. I had a promising future ahead of me, but I was young and naïve. Getting married was more important than going to college. Before I knew it, we had three children under the age of four years old. I was a busy, stay-at-home mom, and I absolutely loved it. I valued the closeness I had with my kids. I dabbled a bit in home businesses to bring in
Life Lesson Almost three years ago my mom was diagnosed with Bacterial Meningitis. Bacterial Meningitis is very life threatening if not treated immediately. It was a very scary experience for everyone. With this experience I have learned a very important lesson, don’t ever take your parents for granted because you could easily lose them and maybe sooner then you thought. "Sinus Infection" On a Saturday morning my mom woke up with a headache saying, "This is the worst headache I've ever had
became very ill. She was then placed in a hospice, a place for the terminally ill. At this point my family knew the outcome; yet, I was not ready for her to leave. Losing my mother was the saddest period of my life because I had to struggle with loneliness, I was traumatized by the experience, and I had to adjust to a new living environment. After my mother passed away I struggled with being lonely. My mother was everything to me and I felt alone and was unable to eat or sleep. The bond we shared
Everyone has life experiences that had shaped who they are in the present day. Some people encounter situations where the sophistication inspires them to achieve better quality in life or the undergoing is too depressing and then individuals commence to expect nothing marvelous to transpire from their experiences. With this in mind, the empiricism of the individuals could cause a positive or a negative on their lives and passion for excellence. All experiences should be uplifting to a person’s dedication
For many, a life changing moment comes in the form of a tragedy or a hard-earned revelation. Mine came in the form of a five-year-old girl named Sofia. Sofia spent most of her time in the oncology ward of the hospital where I volunteered. Her days consisted of sterile hospital rooms, scans, and chemotherapy. She was losing her hair because of chemo when most girls her age were learning how to braid theirs. She played with a doll (Mr. Buttons) in her hospital room instead of playing with other children
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
A Life-Altering Experience It is not every day that one would have an experience that leaves them to consider their own mortality. In all my eighteen years, I have been in two vehicular accidents. Once when I was younger, my mom’s rental car was rear-ended on the way home from renting the car. And more recently during my senior year of high school when I took a truck to the face. The latter being a car wreck that has had a lasting impression on me, and one I likely won’t forget. It was a normal
Throughout my life so far I’ve had various unpleasant confrontations to say the least, but this one definitely tops them all. It was just like every other normal school day, having to wake up and go to school all day, come home for an hour or so, then off to my nightly basketball games. The date was January 6th, honestly a day I’ll most likely never forget, so the weather was rather cold and snowy. We played Windber and won that night, the next day was a saturday and the basketball team had a double-header
Name: Nada Osama Askar ID: 1610103 Section: 5 A Life-changing Experience Looking at that small building that held too many big memories, I started reminiscing about the past and remembering every little detail. I felt very nostalgic. Everything seemed memorable and remarkable to me: the cracks in the old building that we used to make fun of, the old candy shop that we used to come to at night when we are too tired and too hungry to study, the pushes and the tiny garden we used to sit at and
A long time ago when I was probably about five years-old my family and I were living in Fullerton, California. At the time, my mom and dad were both working and it must had been summer vacation because my older brother and I weren't in school. Also around this time is when my little brother Nethaniel was in a wheelchair with two cast on his feet. See Nethnaiel was born with Club feet, which for the people who don't know what it is, it is when basically you're born with your feet bent. It’s really