awoken by a waking sense of uneasiness. As I slowly crawled out of bed, I had a unpleasing

intuition that something has went devastatingly astray. A large well developed lump began to

develop in my parched throat, making it seemingly hard for me to swallow. I cautiously made

my way toward the door, carefully placing each foot between the defending G.I. Joe's and the

intrudding He-man collectibles that had waged war the previous evening. As I reached the

doorway, I slowly peeked around the corner, as if I were a small child ashamed of his previously

doings. As my partially opened eyes adjusted to the piercing sunlight, that was embedding

between the half-drawn curtains and the newly replaced window awnings, I saw that my

grandmother was in a fetal position on the sofa with a look on her face as if she had seen her life

flash before her eyes and her face drew whiter and whiter with each passing breath as if she had

My father was trying as hard as he could to ease her discomfort, but it was to no avail as

she drew further and further into her own world. By the look on my fathers' face I began to draw

"But we just took her home last night!" I exclaimed

you need to follow throughout life and the rest will fall into place like pieces in a jig-saw puzzle,

of well being and accomplishment, and that she was placed on this earth for a reason that most

My father interjected, "After we had taken her home she went asleep as normal and she

"No son," my father beginning to grow impatient. "your grandmother was getting older

and more Americans are faced with this same situation every day. I respond by telling them that

"What your mom is trying to say is that your great grandmother died last night," he said n

fit for things like this to happen. The Lord does all things for a purpose throughout life."

understanding of how valuable a life is, and how much a single person can mean so much to a

her a monasouire of flowers with a card that was aptly placed in the center of the organic piece.

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