November 3rd, 2017 I received news in which I couldn't comprehend. An experience that would completely change my world as I know it. My world as I knew it was ending, and everything I knew would be shattered. I had just spoken to my mother upon arrival in Birmingham, Al. I live in Pell City, Al and wasn’t far from home, but was spending the weekend with friends. When I arrived I texted her to let her know I was there to my surprise I got no response. Shortly after I received a phone call from my father out of the blue. This was also unusual for him, due to his late night work schedule. I answered the call and he instructed me to come home with no explanation. I found this odd, because it was a Friday night and neither of my parents had informed
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I will never be able to unsee the ambulance loading my mother's body, to take her away. The look on my father, face and the reactions of family members around me. That day will be one that I never forget. Things will get easier down the road, but it will never leave my side. My sister and I stayed at home the following week. During the next week we came back, just to get away from the chaos and reality of the situation at home. Learning to live without the person who would call multiple times everyday just to check on me, even when I reassured her I was fine isn’t an easy thing. To not be able to text her every time I arrive safely just because she wanted to know always. The woman who showered me with gifts on random …show more content…
I face challenges everyday without her, but giving up isn’t a option. It wasn’t never an option for my mother, she was a strong willed lady who wouldn’t want us to stop for even a minute for her. Things have changed for all of us. My dad has become the one to juggle it all. To supply us with money, and figure out how to take the place of my mother and the things she did he wasn’t aware of. We have had immense support along the way. We wouldn't have been able to push through without family, friends, and the UWA faculty to lean on. I wouldn’t have got through last semester so easy without my cheer coach and his coworkers emailing my teachers and making sure everything would go smoothly for my final grades. My mother truly left amazing people in mine and my sister life. She surrounded herself with people that love my sister and I like their own children. She taught us to surround ourselves with the same people who we could count on, people who genuinely care when you need it the
I will never be able to unsee the ambulance loading my mother's body, to take her away. The look on my father, face and the reactions of family members around me. That day will be one that I never forget. Things will get easier down the road, but it will never leave my side. My sister and I stayed at home the following week. During the next week we came back, just to get away from the chaos and reality of the situation at home. Learning to live without the person who would call multiple times everyday just to check on me, even when I reassured her I was fine isn’t an easy thing. To not be able to text her every time I arrive safely just because she wanted to know always. The woman who showered me with gifts on random …show more content…
I face challenges everyday without her, but giving up isn’t a option. It wasn’t never an option for my mother, she was a strong willed lady who wouldn’t want us to stop for even a minute for her. Things have changed for all of us. My dad has become the one to juggle it all. To supply us with money, and figure out how to take the place of my mother and the things she did he wasn’t aware of. We have had immense support along the way. We wouldn't have been able to push through without family, friends, and the UWA faculty to lean on. I wouldn’t have got through last semester so easy without my cheer coach and his coworkers emailing my teachers and making sure everything would go smoothly for my final grades. My mother truly left amazing people in mine and my sister life. She surrounded herself with people that love my sister and I like their own children. She taught us to surround ourselves with the same people who we could count on, people who genuinely care when you need it the