I Promise I still remember it as if it were yesterday. The very day I ended my twin sister’s life. The sound of her pleading voice begging me to slow down will always haunt me for the rest of my life. I could never forgive myself. She was my sister, my bestfriend, we were one and now I’m lonely by myself. “Brittany, slow down, you’re going too fast!” “I know what I’m doing, we’re fine!” “I don’t care, SLOW DOWN!” she yelled once more. “Brianna relax nothing will happen, I promise.” I guess my promises are worthless, since something did happen. I was just a kid who was having fun, believing at sixteen I could handle going over the speed limit. My life was so perfect, but now I’m living in a sinkhole formed out of my misery and regrets. I’ve been crying myself to sleep every night since the incident, thinking about my sister. 3 months earlier “Come on Brianna, you’re never ready!” “I’m almost done, stop complaining!” “I’ll look better than you anyway, so why try?” “We’re twins, stupid!” ( her favorite line to say when I say I look better...
She was always there when I needed a shoulder to cry on, she made my day better when everything went wrong and she was closer to me than my own sister. I know that she is gone now but she will
On Monday, there was a crash. Not just any crash, my sister ended up in the hospital because of it. It was probably her fault; her drinking problem was a lot worse than mine, but I can’t help but feel guilty.
Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.
When I was twelve years old, a close friend of mine passed away. At first, I didn’t know how to process what was happening. How can someone I’ve known for the majority of my life be gone? But then it finally hit me. My friend was really gone. There would be no more days challenging
sat in the waiting room with my head between my knees waiting for what felt like years. Colten Joel Seeber, the newest addition to the Seeber Family wouldn't be as new as I thought. He passed away on June 8th 2014 due to a complication known as stillbirth, known for carrying a child in the womb for the full term, but then complications happen and the baby dies before it is able to arrive. The reality of knowing that we would be bringing our brother home in a box rather than a car seat, wasn't what I had in mind. The death of my brother caused my family to split apart and not be close knit as we used to. There were many stages of grief happen at once, and my family didn't know what to do to try to comfort each other, in the end we all broke
... funeral home and prepared to walk her out to her grave. The morticians loaded my aunt into the hearse. Everyone was walking behind the hearse until we reached her plot. My uncles and Dad pulled her out of the vehicle onto the bands for the funeral directors to lower her into the ground. Then the priest for what felt like an hour of words and gave the signal to lower her into the ground. While they were doing that, the priest passed out roses. We all threw the roses onto the burial vault and said our goodbyes and went home. When we got home we reflected on the times we had.
When I finally found my words I asked what was going on and my mother told me that my sister was in a car accident. When we arrived at the scene all I could see was my sister’s car sideways in the middle of the road with the entire front of it smashed up towards the windshield. As I looked around I saw my sister, emerging from a tan SUV I had never seen before, running towards my parents. The ambulances began to arrive and I was in my sister’s arms when I realized that there was no other damaged car at the
However, on August 16th, my sixteenth birthday, I learned my confidence and reality were not in sync. After I finished my test with the examiner, we met my mom at the counter inside and reviewed my driving. She started by saying that I was a strong driver, but then told me I made a turn at a two-way stop sign where pedestrians were present. And, then she said the words I thought I would never hear – automatic failure! I was completely speechless. My mom thanked the examiner for her time, and we walked back to the car. The minute that both doors closed, tears rushed down my face and I completely fell apart; the rest of my special day of turning sixteen was completely ruined. Many of my close friends and family called and texted me to ask how I did on the test, but I simply ignored them. Throughout the following days, I came to realize that I was not upset that I did not get my license; I was devastated because everyone would know I had failed a test. I did not want people to know that I was not successful at something. I told my closest friends and family, but made them promise not to tell anyone else. When other peers asked me how I did on my driving
It was december 25, 2014 and it was Christmas. I woke up bright and early to see all my presents. I looked under the tree to see so many presents. The first present I opened was an ipod touch. Then I got Taylor swift concert tickets. At that point I was so happy.
A few years back my twin brother killed himself and it shook me to my core and started me
My Sister's Keeper is the story of Anna Fitzgerald, who by the age of thirteen has undergone many blood transfusions, numerous surgeries, and multiple bone marrow transplants. “Most babies are accidents, not me. I was engineered, born to save my sister’s life.” At the beginning of the movie Anna explains that she as conceived to be a donor for her sister, Kate. Kate is a 16 year old with renal failure due to a very rare form of leukemia. The girls' parents expect Anna to donate her kidney to help her sister. Instead of donating the kidney, Anna files a lawsuit against her parents for the rights of her own body so that she could not be forced into the surgery against her will. This causes mixed reactions between Anna’s parents, Brain and Sara.
When I was younger I thought my sister was always going to be there. I never thought she would die so young. She died when I was in 5th grade so I was around 10 or 11 years old. We had our fights and now I wish more then anything that she was here. She missed my first homecoming, my graduation and many other important dates in my life and there is still more she will miss. Now that I'm the only child in my household, it’s terrible because...
... needed to savor the moment with my brother before I turned around and he was gone. I opened the doors to see my brother standing there arms opened wide. His embrace and the love he showed me was one that could be felt among anyone standing there, kind of like a ripple after a pebble has been tossed in the water. How could I ever let go? “I’ll be okay, Kara, and I’ll see you sooner than you know it.” he reassured me as I started to pull away. As I walked to the elevator I turned around and saw him standing there lifting his hand to wave me goodbye. The moment was touching enough to make any person cry, and that was the last time I saw my brother for eight weeks. This impacted a lot of who I am today. I learned to not take things for granted, especially family. This has taught me to live in the moment and appreciate everything in life, no matter how big or how small.
My parents had go to Switzerland the week after for the funeral and the family. We had school going on and my parents decided to leave us with friends and go by their own. I stayed at a very good friend of mine, and my sister at one hers. They left and, where going to stay there at least a week. The time I spent there was really hard. Not only because the most helpful people I could have been with where away but I kept on having flashbacks.
When I left my room, my mother knew that I had gone through a rough time, and I did not want to talk to her about it. Even though there was only a month left in my school year, I promised myself that I would be completely truthful to my friends, my family, my heritage, and myself. I expected all my friends to leave me, but I was fully prepared for this. However, none of this ever happened. My friends didn’t leave me, I wasn’t alone at the lunch table, I wasn’t even seem differently by those around me. I had failed my family by doing this, and I wished I had stopped acting like someone I wasn’t sooner. This is one of the only mistakes I have made which I consider a failure because it had taken me close to a year to fix, and this is why I consider it my most successful failure.