My Greatest Mistake In My Life

My maternal aunt gathered us together and we all sat on the couch. She turned to my mother and told us she had cancer. I looked at my aunt and I did not know what to say or how to respond. Three months later, my father received a phone call from his sister telling him that my pregnant cousin, Elizabeth, was diagnosed with leukemia and had to give birth to her premature baby. She and I grew up in the same house in Arizona and what hurt me the most was not being able to be with her during this difficult time. When we went to visit her in Arizona, my dad told us before entering the hospital room that he did not want us to cry in front of her. I was scared to enter. I did not know what to say to her but I knew I had to be strong. We stayed there for the holiday season but we never celebrated the holidays, that was too

When i attended my new school i had every opportunity to get into a fight or trouble. I was on my own at that school so it came to me that i wasn't really the problem in my past. It was my “friends”. The people i was hanging around were bad influences and it caused me to ruin almost all my middle school reputation. This event has changed me alot.

My grandmother, who is the mother of my mom, passed away due to heart failure at the age of 87. Since I was 6 or 7 she had been living in our house. The reason for that was, my grandfather, that I was named after passed away a year before I was born, so she was alone, and she was starting to get old. Since she lived with us for so many years, she had been a very important figure in my life. I can honestly say that she was like a 3rd parent for me, and losing her, made me fell horrible and helpless. I witnessed how real death is because of her passing. Combined with puberty, my grief caused me to become depressed for a long time. As I’m looking back it sounds really extreme, but there were some days that I did not even leave the bed thinking that there was no point to our existence. Thanks to some psychological counselling however, I was able to overcome that mental

My mother was diagnosed with a tumor in her abdomen. This took a tremendous toll on me over the course of the next year. I was regularly traveling from Dallas to San Antonio to be by her side and take her to appointments. Being an only child and my father working in Italy, I was her main support system. Family is everything to me. My mother is my everything. This sudden shift of my focus was reflected in my poor grades. I matured quickly during this time and learned to be successful with a rigorous academic course load. Most importantly, I learned to never give up when all hope seems

I just felt like my life ended, the person that I loved the most that I could talk to about anything and everything is on her deathbed. I just knew when she past I could not trust anyone to keep my secrets. I could not see myself forwarding my education knowing my mentor, my study buddy, wasn't going to be there to keep me on track. She has always motivated me by encouraging me to become someone in life. She always said "You have to stay focused on future goals". Never give up no matter what the circumstances, or obstacles, you have to face in life. You are more than what you give out. Always remember that our days are numbered and are days are short, but if I may go before you remember, I am your grandmother, and I will always love you, son. Taking that into consideration, I sat with myself alone in my room in tears. Remembering that sweet voice telling me those words; I whipped my face and went to my mother telling her, I apologize for not going through with my first year of high school; and that I would like to finish my education and continue to become a physician, as I desire when I went to surgery. I always thought of my older brother never going back to finish high school, not setting an example for me to follow or my younger siblings that mock what the older

When my dad came home that evening he sat me down and asked me if I knew what cancer was. I had an idea so I just nodded my head, he went on to tried to explain to me how bad the cancer was that my mom had been diagnosed with. Seeing my dad so afraid scared me. The fear I felt then led me to realize that I needed to try and hide it because it would only hurt my dad more to see his children so upset. I did my best to help, I tucked my little sisters into bed while my mom was away at the hospital, read them stories and did the best I could at preparing snacks to comfort them. After my mom arrived home and she recovered from the surgery she started chemotherapy. The miserable treatment that attacks the cancer also makes her very ill. Every other week she was sick. Before every bad week I wanted to cry, but that wouldn’t help anyone. Lane and Kenna already were crying, if I cried it could only hurt my parents

I found “The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race” by Jared Diamond to be quite thought evoking. This article explains the “what ifs” of humans keeping the hunter-gatherer lifestyle to this day, and why Diamond believes that to have been the better option. While he goes on to make convincing arguments towards keeping the hunter-gatherer lifestyle, I commend him for also taking a professional approach in mentioning reasons why people would prefer the agricultural lifestyle we have today due to reasons such as “having to do less work, having more time for leisure and art, etc.”. David has set up a solid basis for arguing, which I believe to be quite beneficial in being able to see as many point of views as possible.

During my freshman year in high school in 2013, around the fall months, my brother got into a sever car accident that almost took his life. My brother, Jovi, was driving back home from his work after working the grave yard shift, and fell asleep behind the wheel. I was notified about this accident when I was checked out from school by my aunt and uncle and rushed to the hospital to meet with my family. This was the beginning of a long journey for myself and my entire family.

I clearly remember the day I found out about my granddad's passing. I was at school. It was a normal, joyful day. My dad was planning on picking me up, but instead my friend's mom picked me up. He would not tell me why, but I did not think much of it. I remember the car ride to my house. My friend's mom would not tell me why she was driving me home; all she told me was, "Just know, Ryan, that we will be here for you no matter

I can still remember vividly the day my mother passed away. My mother passed away at a critical point in my life when I was seventeen years old from a short term illness. She was sick for a week and I remember thinking this could be serious, however, my mother declined to go to the hospital because of the distance and financial hardship. I had loss my father when I was three years old, so my mother was a single mother. I have step sisters and brother, but I was not particularly close to them. Losing my mother was a defining moment in my life for it changed my life irrevocably. I was devastated, but I had to become strong, proactive and it spurred me to choose a new career path.

Losing my grandmother was one of the worst things that have happened to me. When she died, I knew my life had changed. I watched her take her last breath in the hospital and it was very heartbreaking. She was like my second mom because she was always with me. I didn’t think it would come so soon. Dealing with her death was one of the hardest thing that I’ve ever had to do. It was very hard because it was my second experience of losing someone very close to me around the same time of the year. I had to learn how to cope with losing her. I let all my emotions out, I didn’t listen to what anyone was saying, and I had to remember to take care of myself. Losing my grandmother changed me because she did everything for me. I had to grow up and be more responsible. I had to learn how

I think I can safely say that everybody has had a moment in their life that they regret. One of mine happened back in elementary school. Back then, with my miniature pigtails and Justice clothing, it never really dawned on me about the damage that could happen to me personally, if I chose the wrong friend. However, unfortunately, I soon realized that. Never in my life, had I experienced such suffering or pain like that. Looking back on it now, I see how I’ve changed from the silly, outgoing girl that I used to be.

As there are many cultural differences in the world, working all together can sometime be

June 10, 2017, just a fun summer night, or that’s what me and my cousin thought it was going to be. Little did I know, that was going to be the worst mistake of my life. My dad was out of town for a rock concert and my grandma was gone to help my Great grandpa because he had cancer. So that left us with just our grandpa. Around 6 o’clock my best friend called me and invited me and my cousin over for a BBQ. He came to pick us up and i was told to be home around 12.

My mistakes and life have been just growing with me as I move further into my life. I have had so much mistakes ever since I was a baby. I am really clumsy which makes it easy for me to make tons of mistakes. I thought this would be an interesting topic because you learn from failure and just got to accept that fact.