Senior Year Research Paper

When senior year comes around every senior is happy, it is almost time for them to graduate and go to college to start the next chapter of their life. My senior year would be different. I still remembered the day like it happened yesterday, a few of my family members and I had lunch at memaw's that day, we always have lunch or dinner there at least once a week. My Uncle Ronnie walked in and, I just felt this sense of something was wrong, Ronnie and I was close ever since I was born, so immanently I wanted to ask Ronnie if everything was okay. I waited though. After all of us had ate the green beans, seven layered salad, mac and cheese, and the tasty pecan pie, Ronnie stood up. When I looked at him he just had a blank look on his face and, said “I need to tell all of you something.” I felt my uncles fear of telling us, he stood there rocking back and forth looking down at his old cowboy boots he had for years. Right …show more content…
I have been diagnosed with stage four colon cancer.” At that moment my heart was gone, most of my family started to cry and, ask him, “what the doctor had said?”, “what is he going to do?” I still could not believe it, I went outside to get some fresh air because I just felt trapped in there. I stayed out there for about ten minutes just thinking to, myself what has went wrong? Ronnie was the most kind and, loving guy I have ever known. He has not done anything to anyone to deserve this. Ronnie came outside and, sat right by me. He asked me, “Baby girl, why are you out here by yourself. You are stronger than that.” When he said that I could not even say anything back, it felt like I was getting my air supply snagged away from me and, I could not breathe. All of a sudden I just started crying, it was like I came to realize what was really happening and, it hit me like a