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"No, I'm sorry your grandfather will never be strong enough to withhold surgery." I heard from a deep voiced man standing across the room from my mom and I. When I was younger I lived with my mom and grandparents. My mom was a young, working, single mother with an alcohol addiction. My grandparents helped her tremendously. They were like a second set of parents just a little bit better because they would give me chocolate milk, the real chocolate milk! My grandma was a little sick but she still did everything for everyone. She taught me how to cook, bake, sew, garden and also how to swim. My grandpa on the other hand was my best buddy! Everywhere he went I went whether it was to the store, down the street to a neighbors house, or even to mow …show more content…
They were right, I cherished every single day for five months and then I woke up Monday morning September 18th and I just knew something wasn't right. So I got home from school and everything was fine. My mom and I stayed with him until about 8 o'clock that night. We arrived home and 10 minutes later my aunt called and said to come fast, she can't even stand him up to use the bathroom because of the dead weight. In that moment, my entiRe world came crashing down and I felt my heart break into millions of pieces. I packed my bag and greased up there and prayed the whole way to let me get one last I love you. I did on Saturday September 23rd when I woke up in the middle of the night, he was gone. We all stayed in the same room for a week straight. Helping him to ease the pain and saying our last goodbyes Watching someone you love slowly slip away over a stretched out period of time is undescribable and you wouldn't know the feeling until it's you, until it's your family member. But it also helps you remain humble as well as cherish who you have with you until God says times up. You go through many stages of grief, which also makes you so strong. But the one question always left with no answer,
This made everyday a little bit better as I have kept this in the back of my mind. The National Hospice Organization says “In a sense, you are never finished grieving”. This is true, one will always feel sadness when remembering an individual that used to be in your life and is no longer here with you. Although, you can remind yourself the good days that you had with them. Remember their smile and what they did when they seen you. Always remembering that they’re with you everyday just not there
This was a very difficult time for me and it still is, but I am not alone. Many men have the same problem dealing with the loss of a loved one, but we have a strange way of showing it. We have a certain finitude when it comes to showing our emotions. Men do grieve, but in a different way than women. They just "bottle-up" their feelings and do not express their pain.
My parents journey from Vietnam to America has impacted me emotionally through out the years by the stories they tell me. For them to say their aspiration was to come to America to have greater opportunities, for there family is breath taking. Without my parent’s journey and stories, my identity would be so plain and incomplete.
I was down at Eyemouth a few days before the funeral, I had only cried once and I was completely fine the day of the funeral ‘til I walked into the church and “You’ll never walk alone” started playing on the organ – that’s when I finally started to cry. This experience has changed me in a way that is hard to explain if you haven’t lost anyone or see someone in the state that I have, but one way I found comfort was when I read “Visiting hour” by Norman MacCaig as I found it perfectly describes how it feels to lose someone and have no power to help
Next week is the five year anniversary of my dads passing. He went to be with the Lord on June 14th. Seven days shy of his birthday. [Dad did everything in seven’s, it was his favorite number.] When this popped up in my Facebook Memories this morning, I started thinking about the many different examples my parents sat for me growing up. Especially the ones my father sat. I spent far more time with my mom, but the time I spent with dad was always special. Dad really did teach by example. I can remember shopping as a family. Kids want to touch everything. Dad always told me to put my hands in my pockets. If I didn’t have pockets, I was to put my arms behind my back and hold my wrist. He made sure he did whatever it was I had to do. He also told
The story about I Martranika Gross, called changing my life. It all begin with many ideals that I had in mind to become while changing my life so my daughter will fix in. First was continue my education at Strayer University and a journey to follow. Next, becoming a role model with a pathway lay out for my daughter, a showing her not to stay you can’t to become successful. Finally, overcome obstacles first you have to have faith within yourself, and the key word is knowledge.
God says to honor your mother, but sometimes I question that wisdom. I mean God has some good thoughts and did some really great things, but that doesn’t mean he is all knowing. Mom is great, I love her so much, but once in awhile she just does things that cause me to rip out my hair in disbelief. She has really great qualities from her bravery and intelligence to how loving she is. However, she has some not-so-great qualities, like her anxiety and lack of common sense to how obsessed she can be about things.
Later on we were told that his liver levels were dangerously high, we had to put him on even more medicine because of that. Although we tried all of this, he didn’t get much better. It would seem like he would for a day or two, but in time he would be just as sick as he was before or even worse. We all knew that we would have to say our finally farewell to our little friend. We all tried to prepare for it, but something like losing someone that you love you can never be ready for.
The loss of a loved one can cause sadness, loneliness and a sense of feeling lost. I will never forget the day, when I received a text message from my dad asking for me to call him. Once I called my dad he asked me if I could visit my grandfather because he had been admitted to the hospital due to an injury that happened earlier that day. I knew my grandfather would be very happy to see me, but the sight or even the thought of a hospital and seeing him in pain made me terrified. Although I have visited my grandmother in the hospital before she died,
Education is not to teach men facts, theories or laws, not to reform or amuse them or make them expert technicians. It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellect, teach them to think straight, if possible, but to think nevertheless. Robert Maynard Hutchins
I spent most of my time planning and prepping for the next day. A typical day for me included getting my baby sister ready for school, picking her up from school and getting her ready for bed. It was quite challenging at first for a high school senior and the teenage boy I was then to take on the responsibilities of a mother. My mother traveled for school, so I became solely responsible for my then 3-year-old sister. I had to be up earlier than usual, to get myself ready and to get her ready for school.
When kids in school used to ask me about my mom or dad, I made up stories. My mom was studying to be a nurse, my dad was an entrepreneur who owned his own business, and they were both too busy to take me to school, so my grandmother walked me there every day. All of these stories were actually true at one point in time. I just omitted some major pieces of information because no other 3rd grader I knew would be able to understand my unique situation.
As a child growing up, there were times I would feel my mother would be out to just make
They say grandparents, are the two most favorite people in the world to children. Grandparents are the main characters of your childhood, they are the ones that leave you with the most beautiful memories of your life. Some grandparent’s teach you a very valuable lesson of life, they teach you respect, hard work, family values, and unlimited love. They show you their love in many ways, they say I love you in words as well as actions. Grandparents are the ones that sometimes get you out of trouble and guide you to the correct path. They show you trust, a trust that cannot never be broken.
It’s hard to imagine all the events that led up to ourselves coming into the world or at least it is hard to some people. When I think about all my ancestors that had to survive all the things I read about in textbooks it’s a miracle we are all here. Trying to learn about all the people in my family’s tree was interesting to know how my ancestors came about, what they did, and how long they lived. I learned mostly about my mother’s side of the family who have lived and flourished in andrews, texas where I am from. I haven’t done anything great yet but I am hoping when my grandchildren have to write about me they have something awesome to write about and will think I did something good with my life.