July 13: The Day That Changed My Life

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The day of July 13, 2017 was the day on which my life changed forever. That day brought never-ending sadness into my life. Pain that nobody should have to go through, tears nobody should cry and sorrow like it should never be felt. The pain of knowing someone you loved isn't there anymore, and they are nothing that you can do about it. I understand God has amazing plans for everyone and God does everything for a reason. But coping with the death of someone you loved is never something you should have to go through.
My week started off incredible, my sixteenth birthday was the Monday before the sorrow began to come. On Wednesday, July 12 my family and I traveled to Toledo Ohio to visit my sick grandfather. My papa was the most selfless and
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Facing the sadness of a death of someone you loved kept weighing us down and affecting us incredibly. The cousins were told that we will have a few days to prepare for the funeral. Being the children in the house the 7 grandkids decided to make a poster of all our memories with our Papa, and a slideshow of a picture of my papa. Tear shred down everyone face while just glimpsing at pictures. It reminded us that the most selfless and kind person who loved everyone was not here on earth with us anymore. The dragging on days before the funeral became hard and harder and more and more hard to cope with. There was so much sympathy shown on my family, we were given elegant looking flowers and marvelous tasting food. The food reminded us that people are here for us in this sad times in our life. We knew God has our back and so do others around us, it reminded us that there are still good people in this world.
Although the memory of this day has not become any easier to deal with I believe that although my papa left us to go to heaven, I know that a part of me went with him and a part him stayed here on earth with his whole family. The tears may end but the memory of my papa and impact he had on everyone will go on for an infinite amount of

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