In my life, I have never been faced
with a life altering change. I consider
myself extremely lucky. However, on
October 3, 2012, in a usually quiet neighborhood, there was a lot of
commotion. Lots of sirens, flashing
lights and tears. I ran down my driveway
to see what was going on and I saw my neighbor who I grew up with screaming and
crying along with her dad and brother. I
was curious as to what was going on and ran down the street to see what happened. When I got there I learned that my neighbor
came home from cheerleading practice, went to go inside and found her mom bloody
on the landing right when you walked in.
In that moment, not only did her life change but it taught us all a
valuable lesson, never take anything for granted.
Over this
past year I have helped her through the most difficult thing a teenage girl
could go through losing her mom and best friend in the same day. Yes, I was not her daughter and yes she was
not my mom, but I still felt the loss. I
was so used to seeing her mom walking every night around the block or inviting
me over to make dinner with them. What
happened? Why did it have to happen to them? Those are the thoughts that ran
through my mind for the next year. What
happened on October 3, 2012, completely destroyed a family. No one knew how to live without their
mom. They had to learn quickly.
I never realized how much it would
hurt me to see this happen to people that doesn’t deserve it. However, I learned an extremely important
lesson. I am extremely lucky to have
those moments where I can just yell down the hall “mom” and I have my best
friend there. Some people are unable to
do that. You never know what you can
lose tomorrow so enjoy it today. I can’t
imagine the pain my neighbor’s family feels, but it has taught me to not focus
on the end but the journey through life.
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