Live Everyday like it is your Last

              Everyone experiences something tragic and difficult in their lives and it is inevitable. What is not inevitable though is how this event will change you forever. Here is my story that changed my life around forever. Most recently, I experienced the most tragic thing I have ever been faced with. I have known my boyfriend Will for over three years now, and I have always been very close with his family. His mom was like a second mom to me. We would text and talk all the time and she was always there to give me advice. I loved her so much, words cannot even describe it. On September 1 she was rushed to the hospital because she had a stroke. After cat scans the Dr.’s discovered a blood clot in her brain and blood in her head. She had immediate surgery and was given medicine to numb the pain. The Dr.’s told his family that when she wakes up she may be paralyzed on her left side because that side of her brain is pushing against the right.  In a day or two things went from bad to tragic. The Dr.’s then informed his family that if she wakes up she will be a vegetable. But she never woke up. Sheree passed away on September 6. It was the most devastating thing I have ever been faced with. She was only 56 and so young. I wanted to scream because of how unfair this was but instead I had my fair share of breakdowns all week. She was the nicest woman I have ever met and the healthiest but yet she had to be taken away from us. All I could do was be there for my boyfriend and his family. The only explanation we could come up with for this tragic event was that God needed another angel in heaven.

                What hit me the most about all of this was how fast it happened. On Friday I was saying see you soon to her, never in a million years would I have thought that would be the last time. What I have learned from all of this is to never take anything for granted and to always live everyday like it is your last. Never again will I wake up and not appreciate the life God has given me. This made me realize that we do not really appreciate our lives to the fullest, and I want to change that. I want to start off by applying this to my life here at college. I want to wake up every day and work as hard as I can so later on in life I can accomplish great things in life, and I know Mrs. Doggett will be proud of me.