tranquility; now it resembles a raging sea. Twenty-foot waves of emotional unrest brush through

your mind, and hurricane-force winds tear at the protective barriers of your heart. Adversity

hands out pink slips at the office, delivers the untimely news of a loved one's death, and drives

the reality of illness home to the weakening heart. The question becomes not when will adversity

strike, but how do we handle its gripping reality? Throughout my existence I have been in and

out of hospitals for numerous reasons. Each visit adding character and teaching me plenty about

My adversity stems from when I was diagnosed with severe life-threatening asthma at

the tender age of four. Doctors placed me on a whopping twenty medications which included

Prednisone, Atrovent, Servent, Flonase, Flovent, etc. Still my asthma has persistently worsened

ore and more for the past thirteen years. I have gone from approximately two hospital stays a

then so be it. I know my priorities and realize sometimes you just have to take what you're given

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Approximate Word count = 658
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)