Leukemi The Event That Changed My Life

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One of the big events that has happened to me that changed my life was when my Cousin died of leukemia . I was 11 when it happened , she was one of my best friends I didn’t really understand death until that awful day in Feburary . Before my cousin died i thought i was untouchable that death did happen but it wouldn’t happen to me or my family memebers and Serguet ( that was her name ) dying brought me back to the reality of life . My whole world crashed i was so angry and hurt I blamed everyone for just everything and most of all God . For years I hated God and blamed him for her dying and all that wrong that was going in my life , i guess it was just easier for me to be mad at everyone and God then to look in the mirror and to see it was no one’s fault but mine . …show more content…
I was very misunderstood , i felt like for i was disappointing everyone like i was never good enough , there were times i just wanted it to end , i struggling to keep my head above the water. Then i would think about my uncle who sacrificed his life to help my mom raise my sister and I . I tried so hard to be happy , my mom tried so hard to make me happy , I know it wasn't her fault she did the best she could and she had to do it all alone . I wish i could go back and take back the things that i said to her, I know now how it was hard for back then . It was easier for me to hate her and blame her , she never once give up on me everything I am today is because of her and my uncle . over a year and half ago my Grandpa passed away , for the first time in a long time i felt at peace and felt like that things are going be

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