It's hard to believe how quickly time tends to fly when you're not expecting it to. To look back at one's life in the past year to see how much it has changed can be incredible. To many people this might just be an ordinary Wednesday on an ordinary date in August. But for my family, it's a marked day that we all recognize. A year ago today, on August 7, 2012, my uncle lost his short battle to cancer. It was the first time I'd ever known someone who died (and it still is), and it was the hardest time of my life. It was made even harder by the fact that I couldn't be with my mom, aunt, and sister until that Christmas. I'm glad they were all able to fly to California for his memorial, but at the same time I wish I could have gone.
There are so many things I wish I could say to my uncle that I will never be able to. I have been in Québec for almost five weeks. Five amazing weeks that I wouldn't trade for anything. Yet I would not be here without him. It's a very sobering thought to realize that I wouldn't be living my dreams if not for the death of my uncle. Without his so generous gift after his death, I never would have been able to come here. Even though he and I didn't talk much, I know he believed in me and wanted me to be happy and to be successful. Without him, I wouldn't be having so many amazing experiences. This is the most amazing thing to ever happen to me, and yet to know that it wouldn't be happening without the death of my uncle. . . .
I am so eternally grateful for everything that has happened in my life. I feel like the luckiest person in the world. I have an amazing family, amazing friends, an amazing school, and so many amazing opportunities that I never thought I would be able to have. Through the sadness surrounding my uncle's death, he brought about something so positive and amazing and life-changing that I will be forever thanking him in my heart. It's very interesting to hear other students at this university who are only here because it was free or nearly free, that Québec wasn't their first choice. And here I am, here because of my uncle's gift that was brought about by his death, so eternally grateful and amazing at how blessed I have been. I feel blessed to have spent the time that I did with my uncle, and I miss him every single day and thank him just as often. Throughout everything, I feel like the luckiest girl in the world.
There are so many things I wish I could say to my uncle that I will never be able to. I have been in Québec for almost five weeks. Five amazing weeks that I wouldn't trade for anything. Yet I would not be here without him. It's a very sobering thought to realize that I wouldn't be living my dreams if not for the death of my uncle. Without his so generous gift after his death, I never would have been able to come here. Even though he and I didn't talk much, I know he believed in me and wanted me to be happy and to be successful. Without him, I wouldn't be having so many amazing experiences. This is the most amazing thing to ever happen to me, and yet to know that it wouldn't be happening without the death of my uncle. . . .
I am so eternally grateful for everything that has happened in my life. I feel like the luckiest person in the world. I have an amazing family, amazing friends, an amazing school, and so many amazing opportunities that I never thought I would be able to have. Through the sadness surrounding my uncle's death, he brought about something so positive and amazing and life-changing that I will be forever thanking him in my heart. It's very interesting to hear other students at this university who are only here because it was free or nearly free, that Québec wasn't their first choice. And here I am, here because of my uncle's gift that was brought about by his death, so eternally grateful and amazing at how blessed I have been. I feel blessed to have spent the time that I did with my uncle, and I miss him every single day and thank him just as often. Throughout everything, I feel like the luckiest girl in the world.
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