There have been three major turning points in my life that have definitely made me a stronger person than I was before. My grampie (on my mom's side) getting diagnosed with cancer in 2008 was a huge turning point for me, at this time I would have been turning 10 that December. My grampie passed away July 5th and that was the hardest good-bye I had to make to this day. He wasn't just a grampie to me, he was my bestfriend. Him passing away really makes me stop and think of how lucky I really am to have made those memories while he was here.

         This past summer, my great aunt Frances (from my mom's side) passed away with cancer. I wasn't as close to her as I was with my grampie, in fact I can't remember the last time I seen her. Her passing away was a lot harder, because I didn't get to say good bye, and I couldn't remember the last time I seen her. That part was a lot harder, but again, I took that mistake and turned it around now I try to talk to the family members that I might not have seen or talked to in a while.

          Lastly, just recently at the beginning of November (2014) my mom Juanita, was diagnosed with only 10% kidney function. This really hit me hard, I never once had taken into consideration that this could happen to our family, because everyone was "healthy". She was in the hospital for a month, and it was definitely the hardest month. With this happening to us, I know I've been saying it made me stop and think about how grateful I am. Well, with this situation, I definitely prayed more, and actually did stop and think of how fast life can get taken from you,  that life is very precious and never dwell of the little stuff, because if you do you're going to be so caught up with worrying about that, when you could be spending time with the ones that you love.