Life In My Life

Death is a sensitive topic that most don’t enjoy bringing up. And I understand why. But sometimes it’s best to deal with the topic of death head on. As Randy Pausch said in The Last Lecture, “...when there’s an elephant in the room introduce it”. So here is the elephant: everyone alive now will die one way or another. It’s the unfortunate truth that human life is fragile and one can die as quickly as they were born. However, while death may make you feel somber, just because you will die one day doesn’t mean that you can’t enjoy the time that you have left. Abraham Lincoln once said, “In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years,” and this quote is very true. As the quote implies, although it is uncertain

The day of the Birthday party finally came around, and my aunt and uncle took me. On the way to the ice rink, I was super nervous but still excited. When I finally arrived, I walked in and greeted all of my friends who were already there. We

That morning I was so happy and filled with excitement. I came into school and everyone was happy to see me. Even people I barely knew were happy to greet me with a sincere birthday congratulations. It was awesome because I had so many new friends and all of us were joyful on that day.

Death is an inevitable fate for all living beings. It’s an aspect of life that can be hard to deal with, and the ability to overcome the fear of this unavoidable event can be difficult when it comes to knowing the reality of your fate in an

Death is a dark time in someone’s life. I’ve learned that life doesn't speed up or slow down after a loss. Many are afraid of death because they are unsure of what is on the other side. If you are afraid, don’t be. Forgive anyone you can, when you can.

It happened exactly 20 days after my 11th birthday, the night after a sleepover at my friend’s house. Then next day, after about 30 minutes of sleep, I decided we would go for a swim. Keep in mind the pool was about 58®F. I’m not a morning person so making assumptions, at around 7 o’clock in the morning, I wasn’t a happy camper. Pulling on my super cute, yellow hippo-covered, one piece, I was feeling my normal morning grogginess. Walking lackadaisically through her house, I passed her dads room to see that he was still asleep.

Death is a highly personal event. It affects each of us differently. It affected Peter Kocan's man in the City Cafeteria by making him look empty and disoriented. It affected Dylan Thomas by making him think about what there was afterward, and what you could do to avoid it. Death even affected Robert Lowell by making him realise how much it changed his life. I, fortunately, seem to have avoided death in many ways, but also have been touched by it, even recently.

There is one thing in this world that no one can escape, that everyone fears, and makes people who are close to that person miserable, and that is death. Death is the worst thing that can ever happen to a person, and is just as bad for the people who are close to them. There is an emptiness that comes with the death of a loved one or someone close. That blankness in the world does something to the people who encompass that person who passed. It changes people, whether it is for better or worse. Death is a part of life and depending on how people are affected can dictate whether it will leave a positive or negative change to their life and that conversion happened to me with the death of my mother, Fran.

It was a couple days before my 12th birthday, and my parents called me into the living room. When I walked in they handed me a birthday card and told me to open it. I was kinda confused as to why they gave it to me early because they have never done it and when I saw what was inside I became very excited.

Death is a sad process that each one of us goes through at some point. Sometimes death can be sudden; but, for those who know about how long they have left, death can bring add a lot of stress to an already stressful situation.

Three months after my sister died, I turned 11. After taking some time to lick their wounds, my entire family came out to celebrate. Aunts and uncles that I had rarely seen throughout my life all of a sudden had nothing better to do than attend my 11th birthday party. As special as I felt, this coming on the tails of my sisters

When I was about 12 or anytime before then I didn’t really understand death. Like any little kid I just went through everyday thinking that no matter what tomorrow was guaranteed. I didn’t realize or even think that one day I would never be able to talk to, see, and enjoy somebody. However, one day changed all of this perspective. This day was October 22, 2012. I will never forget this day.

Every year when it was my birthday, my parents would invite around 20 people to come to our house and celebrate my birthday with me. They would invite family and friends. Most of family moved to America when I was around seven. My Mom made very delicious cakes for my birthdays. My friends loved my birthday cakes. For food, we would buy burgers. When the party was over my friends would stay at my house and we would have a sleepover. During our sleepover we told each other many funny jokes and ate all the leftover cakes and

I can bet that all of us here have wrestled with death once or twice in our lives. We all know how hard it is to cope with the loss of something that we love. After, people say that they completely understand death and what it means. There are many times in my own life where I think that I have understood death. I was wrong. Sure, I have lost fish and grandparents, but the one that hurt me the most and made me truly understand is when I lost my dog.

In conclusion, death and dying is a part of life that everyone will continue to experience through out their lifespan. As much as people would to spend the rest of their lives with their loved one forever, it is impossible. The only thing we can do is to push pass our pain and continuing living for those who could