Experiencing Cancer: Personal Narrative Analysis

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Throughout my life, many of my family members have struggled with their health. My uncle had colon cancer and both of my grandmothers had breast cancer. Experiencing cancer's effects firsthand instilled a sense fulfillment with helping those who can not help themselves. Through my church, we would volunteer by doing various service projects: feeding the homeless, building and painting houses for those who have undergone rough circumstances, and spending time with people going through drug rehabilitation. Every single time I would come home and be ashamed of myself because I could have done more. I could have stayed up later and packed more lunches or I could have put aside more time to build more houses. My drive to help people progressively

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