Eulogy Analysis

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On a late Friday night while I was hanging out with my friends at the movies I got an unexpected call. When I answered the phone call I instantly dropped my phone and started to weep hysterically. I felt like an huge piece of my life was suddenly taken away from me. I remembered the last time I saw her I did not even say good bye. My mind set was so out of its original state, and I could not even think or function properly for the next several days. She was always getting me out of trouble and always did fun things with me. Now when I look back on those earlier days it is all a blur. The same extremely horrible words just shuffled in my head over and over "I am sorry to tell you but your grandma died a hour ago and we would really like …show more content…
I left without letting any of my friends knowing where I went. Then we went to the house my grandma lived in, and I was devastated when they told me what happened. They told me she died from brain cancer and had a slow and painful death. My parents were in the same state of shock and devastating pain that I was in. Because me and my grandma were really close, my mom asked me to present a eulogy for her. I just thought about how I was even supposed to attempt to write a eulogy. I had just recently heard of the death of my grandma..I thought about if I would be able to speak without crying.I loved that lady so much I knew that the speech had to be done whether I d want to do it or not do it. But I knew someone would step up for the eulogy if I did not. Everyone in my family loved …show more content…
I already do not like speaking in front of a big audience. Plus I am not the best presenter anyway. I was really shy around that age in my life, so the thought of doing the eulogy in front of many people was not amusing. I also am not the best writer to so my mind was scared to do it from the beginning. I finally decided that I would give the eulogy because that 's what my grandma would have wanted me to do. When I began on the eulogy I realized it was extremely difficult to think about what to write about what I wanted to say about my grandma. This made me want to just give up and just forget the eulogy. Plus I knew she would not of wanted me to give up on anything easily. I thought what would my grandma think about me if I said I would not do the eulogy for her funeral. I had about four days to finish working on my eulogy. I usually worked on it after football practice and when I was finished with my homework. So there was not much free time for writing .This was all extra stress on top of what happened with my grades. I was already slacking in my classes. I was instantly motivated to finish the eulogy and get my grades better. I stayed up really late for the next couple of days because I wanted it to be really good. I did not make the eulogy really long because my speech skills were not

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