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Personal Narrative: My Trip To Pikes Peak Community College

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My life experience while attending Pikes Peak Community College in spring of 2012 seemed to be moving right along. My husband Larry and I decided to take a trip back home to South Carolina when the semester was over. We arose early Friday morning and got on the road around 5:00 am. We continued driving until we reached St. Louis, MO. We had been driving for 16 hrs, therefore we were tired and hungry from driving all day. We decided to stop at Red Roof Inn. We arose the next day at 6:00 am, ate breakfast and proceeded on our way to South Carolina. We arrived at 2:00 pm at my big sister’s Lillie’s house. There we found out that my little sister Sarah had been staying with Lillie for the last four months. As the day continued into the night, we had gotten some news about Sarah …show more content…

She looked at me and said, “I have six children that I wanted to see grow up, I wanted to see my grandchildren come into this world, there are many things I wanted to do, and places I wanted to go. Life has treated me unfairly.” We hugged and cried. I told her it is Ok to be stressed and upset, that sometimes life throws us a curb ball and that we do not understand as to why many times we do not have control over these things. I attempted to encourage her by saying that “We should never give up; always find a way to keep trying.” She then turned to me and said “You know Josephine you are right, with all the upbringing that Mom has taught us to keep the faith no matter what life throws at us I am no longer going to worry because God has got me.” That was the last time I saw my little sister Sarah. By becoming a Psychologist, I would be able to sit and talk with people, one on one, maybe help them cope with what is going on with them. This is especially of great importance to me as I need a deeper understanding of the grief process through this very difficult

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