A Traumatic Experience Analysis

As a child religion was always a part of my life, in a bigger sense than just going to mass on the holidays. I went to church with my grandmother every Sunday, catechism school on Tuesdays, and would pray before bed every night. I always attend public schools because we could not afford private school. At a very young age though, a freshman in high school, I went through an extremely traumatic experience; I lost my best friend of 10 years suddenly. We went from hanging out almost every day for more than half of our lives to her being gone and me feeling so alone. Taylor woke up suddenly in excruciating pain and was rushed by plane to the children hospital for immediate surgery. She had had a brain aneurysm said the doctors. They did all that they could to save her but taylor had to be put into an induced coma, this was the hardest time to see her , it was as if her body was there but her spirit was not. …show more content…
I was fourteen years old when Taylor passed away, my mother had never gone through such great loss in her life and had no idea how to console me. This experience left me completely lost and angry at the world, I did not understand how a life could be taken at such a young age, I did not understand Gods’ plan. Through the Parish Youth Council, which I became a part of through my church St. Isabella’s Church; I was able to overcome this horrible experience in my life, grieve, and become a stronger and healthier person after the fact. This was a long hard road and it was an amazing feeling to be surrounded by all of these astounding people that I have met through the church. We prayed together , shared stories, and did many faith and team building activities. The years I spent in high school with the Parish Youth Council made me want to go to a religious