When I was eight years old I went through a pretty tough time. My parents were in the middle of their divorce, my little brother was on the way into the world, and I was getting…
Since the 1900s, Sacramento,(Capital for California), has been popularity well known for its famous serial killers; One of various which remarked the most, Richard Chase,also known as the vampire of sacramento. With 30 years old of age ,Chase changed serial killer history by just being one of the most youngest and outstanding criminals who showed abnormal characteristics and behaviours.…
One ordinary day at home, our phone rang and my mother answered it as if she would answer any other phone calls. The one thing that hit me was when she started to cry. As a kid, I went and hugged her keeping…
My grandfather passed away and it sent my family and i into a turmoil. It was so sudden and fast we knew we had to prepare for our future without him. That day was the first day ever that my whole family and I sat in silence. No conversations, No cracking jokes or laughter, just silence. It was a day of sadness, but as the strong family we are, we lifted each other up and we accepted it and we made a promise to each other that we would never leave each other's sides. That day made me realize how much our family is united and this day put our strength to the test and we didn't let it break us. It actually brought us even…
There is a lot of pain and struggle in us that we sometimes find hard to deal with. I was a child when I first learned what cancer meant and what it would do to my beautiful, loving and caring grandmother. I was still too young to understand fully, but I knew more or less that she would be leaving us too soon in her time. I saw her struggle with the changes the sickness had done to her body. She was weak and always tired. It hurt me so much to see her in pain and she always tried her very best to not show that she was hurting around us. She would smile and always have words of wisdom. Growing up she was the only person I thought I could tell my secrets to, my grandmother was my best friend. Before she passed I wanted to hold her, be with her and just…
During my high school years, my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was horrible news to hear, especially since my mother has been such an influential figure in my life. In addition to this, my father was depressed during this time because of his unemployment and my mother’s cancer diagnosis. My mother was the only source of income for our family, so she went to work throughout her the pain from her chemotherapy. I was distraught from my mother’s illness, but I was expected to take on more household responsibilities so that my mother could rest when she got home from work. I was expected to help shop, clean, and take care of my younger sister by helping her with her homework. These responsibilities in addition to keeping up with my school work made this situation an extremely stressful time for me.…
In second grade one day I woke up and felt really sick. In second grade I didn’t think of anything being wrong with me. I was in second grade and didn’t know a lot. I was just 7 at the time I didn’t know a lot of things. My sickness led to appendicitis and my appendix exploded in my body it was not good. It was one of my worst sicknesses I have ever had. But I am glad my appendix are removed.…
One day after classes, I came home and discovered the shoe shop was closed in the middle of the afternoon. Feeling something was wrong, I rushed to our apartment and found my father in severe respiratory distress. He was wheezing and gasping for air. His skin had turned blue, and he was too weak to talk.…
At age twelve, I can remember when she told me she had it, and I cried for days knowing she was going to die because we had no money for the surgery.When I turned sixteen I realized there was nothing we could do to help my mom . Now, I'm seventeen and she has stage three pancreatic cancer. All I know is that I am doing this for her not to die and to live through her obstacle.…
My junior year my mother got into a bad car accident. She was in the hospital for weeks. Once again was worried and stressed because I couldn’t stop worrying about her. It was impossible to focus on school after that. Her car crash brought her brain damage and it was hard for her to be herself after that. When she came home she wasn’t herself, she didn’t know how to do the normal things around the house, I’d try to…
Second my mom had another baby that did'nt make she had a miscarriage but she was so brave that overcome her sadness and depression to be Abel to take care of her other two angels that were still…
It was in the middle of 2nd grade when I had a headache and felt really nauseous. My parents thought it might not be serious until they saw the blood in my stool when I was using the bathroom. My parents rushed me to the emergency room. They were scared and I heard my mom crying loud as a dying whale. A Couple minutes later, I heard the doctor saying that I had ulcerative colitis. Ulcerative colitis is a chronic, inflammatory bowel disease that causes inflammation in the digestive tract.The doctors told me that I had to go to with the symptom my entire life. I thought in my head “ How will I survive this” and “who will help go through this”. That it when I realized that my family will always be at my side by helping in my hard times and giving me the encouraging words that “ I can do it”.…
In January of 1922, Dr. John Macleod walked into a small high-ceilinged room surrounded by crisp white walls and a small blue cot. On that cot lay a gaunt-faced young boy named Leonard Thompson. He was barely 14 years old , in a coma, and slowly dying from a previously incurable disease. Macleod had been testing a hormone that could cure this boy and people just like him from their life threatening illness, but had been unsuccessful in finding something that would help. However, today was a very big day. Macleod had finally gotten a pure enough sample of dog insulin that he could give it to this boy.…
It was 2009 and I had been in sixth grade for a couple of months. I was on the phone with one of my friends from school when my mom called through my door for me to come out into the living room. I ignored her and kept talking for a few minutes when she called me out again. I rolled my eyes and told my friend I would call her right back. I walked into the living room and it seemed odd to me that both my sisters and dad were all out there too. I watched my mom take a deep breath with my dad by her side. As she began to speak her voice shook and gloss covered her eyes. “The doctors found a lump in my last mammogram.” she said. “It came back as cancer. I’m going to have to get treatment but I’m going to be okay.” No one else said a word, we all…
At 13 years old you don’t really think about losing a parent or death, but one sunny day i did. The moment i picked up my phone and hearing my dad could die at any moment because he broke his neck. I was devastated at 13 years old.…