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    The fact that a person can go at any time barely crosses are mind. All while being naïve that this person will be here “forever”. My view on the dying process has altered and changed with the experiences that I had throughout my life. In the beginning half of my life I feared death it was something to be afraid of. At the time, it was mandatory for me to go to Church and we went every single Sunday. For me, the concepts that they were giving were great but it exacerbated my fear of death. To me

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    Death put into Perspective In my short eighteen years of life, I have only had a handful of life experiences that have completely changed my perspective. My perspective of death has changed over the last few years. I guess that a person never knows until they walk down that road. I had never experienced death to anyone close to me. I had never known the impact it has on a person’s life. The only deaths I had experienced from this point were pets, and distant relatives that I did not know very well

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    I never imagined my life to be the way it is now. As a child, I was blessed with a happy, healthy family and enjoyed childhood in Mexico. My parents made a decision when I was 14 that redirected my life to where I stand today. My siblings, mom, and I moved to the United States. My dad, on the other hand, stayed in Mexico working. Our lives changed drastically in all aspects. Shortly after moving to the U.S. my life took another unexpected turn. I remember that day like it was yesterday; I woke up

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    Life often throws many obstacles our way and the approach towards it allows us to grow as an individual. A combination of significant events has shaped me into the person I am today by changing my perspective on life and teaching me valuable lessons. Throughout my interview with my mom, we talked about how death has made a big impact on my life. These specific experiences include losing my grandfather, my friend passing away, and getting a new puppy. My mom and I were able to share similar responses

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    My life has been a rollercoaster and the environment I lived in changed drastically many times. In my early childhood, I was raised in an upper middle-class house in Mississippi and didn’t have a worry in the world. Even though I was only 5 at the time, Hurricane Katrina ripped through my life in every aspect and had lasting effects. We eventually moved to Texas because our family couldn’t bear the scars Katrina had left in 2009 just in time for the Recession. I was completely uprooted, leaving everything

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    about how change has affected my life every day because I have many different struggles with change. A lot of people these days can relate to coming from a divorced family or moving. Both of these happened to me at a young age and definitely affected me. *I was excited to move at first, but then I had finally understood how it would affect me. But, I really don’t want to dwell on negative things that have affected my life. Overall, 2012 was the year my whole life changed. School was a huge difference

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    I imagine everyone has a defining moment that changes there life. I’ll go even further and say that this not only changed my life, but the nations as well. To think in this day and age a tragedy such as 9/11 could happen is something that most people wouldn’t believe, and I’m sure at this point in many people’s lives, that they can remember everything that happened that day. It was Tuesday morning; I was 15 at the time. Didn’t have a care in the world, and as I was off to school I couldn’t have

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    Have you ever had an event that completely altered your life? Events can change your attitude toward life, your perspective on people, and your ability to function emotionally. I, personally, had three major events that transformed my way of life. In my eighteen years of living I have discovered that most of the time I can be a pretty pessimistic, negative, emotionless person. It not the best personality to have, but I make it work. Now being a negative person, I am used to negative thoughts and

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    I've experienced a lot of events which had great impact on me since I was young. Thinking of life changing events, the one I would like to share is when I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. It was a very devastating day for me. A day that changed my life. I never thought Id get through but today I can say that Diabetes has changed me for the better. On December 23, 2015 we started our Christmas vacation and werent going to be working till after the new year. I noticed that I was extremly

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    An example of this is Frederick Douglass, a runaway slave during the civil war. In his autobiography, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, he says that “…the idea of speaking to white people weighed me down. I spoke but a few moments…and said what I desired with considerable ease.”(SB). This shows how Douglass was brave in the fact that

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