the six questions

Entering Coping with Life and Death class has been an amazing experience and my professor’s teaching methods are excellent. The Books that was assigned  for us to read is Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom and The Sacred Art of Dying by Kenneth Kramer , the books are every inspiring and you can relate to them  and  can leave you so open minded .In the book Tuesday with Morrie I’m reading chapter 12 – 14 . Morrie starts getting sicker and sicker and I felt like I can connect to that because it horrible seeing someone who you look up to slowly pass before your eyes. I felt that way with my grandmother when we went to visit her in Guatemala. My grandmother had only a few months left to live and it was so upsetting knowing it could be your last “I love you” to someone you care about . Every smile that they give you touches you, every huge and last bit of advice you embrace it. Every moment you spend with them you appreciate every second and all the memories that you have had with that special person come back to mind you can’t make memories. The way that Mitch is with Morrie throughout the whole book just makes me think of my grandmother and I and the last few weeks  I spent with her. You look at them and think how extraordinary that person is and how much they impact your whole life.  Death is very painful, emotional and can leave you with a somewhat peaceful state of mind, knowing if that person  is suffering from an illness or just old age you know that will be all over once they are gone and they can rest in peace . This class has opened my eyes more to appreciate life, everything that my professor teaches has a very true meaning to it. Everyone has a purpose to be on earth and parents  teach you things that you need to know or not just parents people who experienced a lot help , guide you to be a better person then they are , my grandmother always gave me advise and everything she told me has been right so far. What I want to know about more in this class is other people experiences having guest speakers and learning about their stories and how they dealt . It gives you a outlook on what people think and how they face life. My greatest lost is losing all my family members that passed away but, one friends story was more upsetting to me because I  actually watching him pass away. The story was that wee went to a party in providence and went to the club with a couple of my close friends , after the club we went to an after party at the “projects” we were all having a good time people laughing drinking , just a cool vibe over all . My favorite song came on and I grabbed my friend to dance and we all started dancing in the living room, until we hear a noise that sounded like fireworks. We started laughing because we didn't know what it was .  One of our friend came in the house and started crying and it was a guy so we knew something was wrong, we rushed outside and there he was. Someone did a drive by and shot my friend in the head. It was the saddest thing, the whole vibe change tremendously. I held his head and yelled “please don’t go “. The ambulance took him, my friends and i rushed to the hospital to see if he was alright, scared to know if he was going to live or die  and after  a hours of waiting to hear about him , the doctor told us  he passed away. The feeling was so emotional and painful just seeing his family members cry and his friends cry just showed me we lost an amazing person . He will always be part of me , there is not a day goes by that i don't think  about him. He is not here physically but he will always be with me mentally.  My greatest victory I have accomplished is knowing who I am as person and what I can accomplish. Learning to have confidence and love myself, that’s the first thing you have to learn to do. I learn to follow people’s advice because sometimes they know better than you, well people who have experienced more then you have. I feel like my greatest victory would be graduating college because I could prove to myself I have potential to accomplish anything and I’ll be the first in my family to finish school that would mean a lot to me and knowing I am someone in life . I feel like I still have a lot more to face in life and then I can really answer what was my greatest victory was .