Student Success Statement
“Adversity causes some men to break—others
to break records”
William A. Ward
Reflection:
Sometimes there storms occur in our lives, but we have to choose how it will effect
us. My grandmother passed away on October 10. Me and my family were devesated,
my mother way, my aunts and uncles were, everyone was depressed. I was sad for
a really long time. But I didn’t let that storm take me down. My parents didnt
let that storm take me down. Just me and my two parents and my sister. It hurt
us to know that my grandmother was gone but I learned two three things after
she died. First thing I learned was to take advantage of my life now, to love
and forgive people. Also to love and cherish my mother as long as she lives.
Lastly I learned that my grandmother was in a better place and I shouldn’t
worry. I grew stronger since then. No life is perfect, we were not created to
have a perfect life because if that’s what we were born for life would be
boring. These storms don’t last forever. We need to learn to dance in the rain
and stop focusing on the negative parts of the storm. If you just go in that
little area of sunshine it will all go away. We choose how we react after it.
We get stronger or worse. I broke my own record. I became the young girl my
grandmother said I was going to become but never thought I was. Don’t drown in
the rain. Adversity wasn’t meant to last a lifetime.
