The Difficulty Of Overcoming Adversity

When facing adversity, or difficulty, everyone differs in the way they handle it. Some people are like a carrot and start strong and determined but then lose strength and hope. Others are like a coffee bean, changing and making the best of the situation, or an egg which starts out soft hearted and becomes hardened and tough. The way someone deals with adversity, depends on the person and the situation. I, as a person, mostly start as a carrot and am strong but lose that strength. As time goes on though, I start to work myself through the difficult situation, and find a way to make the best of it, like a coffee bean.
A time when I faced adversity was almost five years ago, when my grandmother passed away. I remember when I first found out that she had passed, I couldn’t believe it. For so long it seemed so unreal that she was really gone. She had been in the hospital for quite a while after having a stroke. And although she had already had two before, one when I was in elementary school and one the same year as the third, she was improving great and everyone thought she was going to recover fine and be able to come home sometime soon. I think that her doing so well one day and then suddenly passing the next is what made it

My grandmother was always my best friend, from my childhood up until the day she passed away. Anytime that I had the opportunity to see her, I was always right there by her side. I did everything with my grandma and most of my childhood was spent at her house or with us going somewhere together. My grandmother is the person who taught me how to cook, and made me realize my love for it. She always supported me in anything I chose to do, and never discouraged me from trying new things. She was my most favorite person, and I didn’t want to believe that I had lost one of the people I loved the