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Life Is The Value Of Life

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Of course, the hardest times in one’s life is when a cherished person passes away. Whenever my aunt came over, she would make us watch a tragic movie first before we were able to see the other ones she put together for my brother and I. Those memories would end with lessons I never really understood or valued as a kid. They were always those live your life to the fullest type of quotes. “Enjoy every moment with your loved ones because they don’t last forever”. Never in a million years did I think I was going to lose her this early.

As a little kid, I was never exposed to the reality of life. That dying was real. That life wasn’t forever. You never know the value of one’s life until you lose them. I never thought those movies she showed us were true. My family was not the happiest but we were very happy with her. My aunt’s death hit us so unexpectedly. Losing her at the age of 55 was upsetting and unbelievable.

A couple weeks before she died, she visited us at home and she was as fit as a fiddle. She showed us the same tragic movie as the last time. It had a continuous message I couldn’t figure out until after her death. Whenever she visited she would stay for about 5 days to a week but she only stayed for 3 this time. About 2 weeks after her visit, we got a call from her son, Atsu, that she was severely ill and rushed to the hospital. I was with her my when she received the call.

“Hello, Nancy, my mom just got rushed to the hospital”, he said in our language.
“Which

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