Overcoming My Hardships

Although I am only a teenager, I have undergone many hardships that I have had to overcome on my own. Even though my family is always there to support me and care for me, I try to handle my issues independently without having to rely much on my parents. One of the grandest ever most difficult and painful event I had to overcome was the death of my uncle, Xavier. He passed away due to cancer. The type of cancer he had was one that was extremely rare, and according to the doctors it was also one of the most painful. It all had happened with something as miniscule as a birthmark, but it ended up becoming something worse and continued to get complicated overtime. It started spreading throughout his body until it eventually covered every inch. …show more content…
My uncle and I were so close; he was my best friend. Back then, just seeing him suffer in a hospital bed just after being married starting his own life and future, devastated me. Every time I would go visit him in the hospital I would greet him, hug him, then sit quietly doing my homework and pretended that everything was aright and that he would be okay. However, I could not believe the lies I tried telling myself no matter how many times I would repeat them. I had been searching his type of cancer, and I had heard the doctor’s conversations him saying that there was not much to do for the patient but when he would talk to the family there he was giving false hope, saying there was not a thing in his exams, not even a slight trace. The doctors filled everyone with false hope. Just lying to everyone’s face that he had nothing within his body yet there I was searching what was happening to his body and I found out his organs were dying from the inside the reason being why he had disposed of a bloody discharge form his body. I knew we were losing him and everyone else would no grasp to that. They were not planning to give in, everyone clung to