Life In My Life

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.

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

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.

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 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

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

Life is something that does not last forever, and its hard to believe that every one dies at some point. Death is something that is difficult to except especially if it is a person you know. As well as others, I was able to

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.

Death is normally an uncomfortable topic for most. However, realization that death can occur at any time is critical. Many people have this unrealistic notion that our loved ones will be with us for a long time. Most people see death as something that happens in old age. They believe they have time to prepare their hearts for the death of a loved one. However, sometimes this does not always happen. Sometimes people are taken from us too soon.

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

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.

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.

What is death? Why do people die? How can learn to accept the fact that one day we will die? Death is something unexplainable. Everyone has a beginning and an end. Some people cope with death differently, through sadness, anger, and confusion. The death of a loved one hurts so much, words can’t explain the feeling. Although that pain is not physical some can say that emotional pain hurts as much as physical pain. Once a person dies it’s a chance for people to reflect on what they did while they were alive. How many people they helped or how friendly they were to people. On June 18, 2016, I experienced death for the first time. I was not very close to this person but he was someone who really impacted my life and my families. I just never realized how much he meant to us until that second Saturday of June.

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.

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