Rock Bottom Speech

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Rock Bottom I always say whenever I am in trouble I think that I am in “rock bottom”. Like when I have a bad grade, have a bad day at work, or when I get upset at my parents, I want to relate myself to rock bottom. But, if I look at my position from a different view, I should be lucky I have the Tennessee Promise scholarship to keep me in school, I should be happy that I am employed, and I should be blessed enough to have parents to even become upset about. I realize those little hardships is nowhere near rock bottom. Instead, rock bottom is when you are having horrible financial situations, go through extremely traumatic experiences, or when your health is exceptionally poor. First, understand what is not rock bottom. I work at the bowling …show more content…
This is about the first time having this procedure done and you are a little uncomfortable about it. After having the procedure the doctor sits you down and says he needs to tell you something. He explains that he spotted a tumor in one of your breasts and says it is pretty dangerous. At the age of thirty-nine, you are pretty shocked to hear these statements. You start thinking about your kids and your husband and are pretty worried about the future. You go home and tell your family the news and they are a little scared, but they are comforting you no matter what. You have a sixteen year old son and a twenty-five year old daughter you have been taking care of. They have a little bit of confusion about it and a little scared of what might happen. You go to the hospital as they take a closer look at the tumor. They say it is stage three and extremely dangerous. They send you through chemotherapy as you have to take that until any signs of improvement show. You slowly lose your hair and feel weak from the therapy, and you are scared for your family. You do not want your kids to go through the rest of their young life without a mother to help them with. Your husband is also stressed out about the medical bills and losing his beloved wife. You feel so useless that you cannot help your family go through with their problems. After a while they move you into the hospital to try their best to stop this cancer from spreading. You have become completely bald and so fragile that you cannot walk. The doctors are starting to hint the possibilities of not being able to fight this cancer. You immediately start crying as does your husband and daughter. Your son just falls to his knees and asking god why he would do this to his sweet loving mother. All you can do is just try and make peace with your life. You pray every night to get your family through this. You keep telling

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