Personal Narrative: My First Experience Of Personal Loss

Prior to the spring break of my seventh grade year, I didn’t know how harsh the world could really be. I mean I knew about sickness, violence, death, all that good stuff, but I just sort of blew it off because nothing in my life had happened to where I needed to face those things. When I was 12 during spring break, I was as happy as any child would be on their spring vacation, but one day my parents pulled me and my brother aside and told us some pretty devastating news. They had told us that our grandfather had passed away in a house fire a few days ago. During that moment, I realized how much of an impact something like death could have on someone, and it made me realize that I had to mature faster than I had been. Just like I

To begin, the first family member to pass was my great grandfather Clarence, he was 97 when he passed due to his colon cancer. I was pulled out of school the day of his funeral and griefed with the rest of my family. My younger sister was also there but she was no older than ten at the time of his funeral.

Her eyes are drifting from page to page in her book, a world that doesn’t exist-mythology comes to life, prophecies are told, and heroes are born. Though this world only exist in the series of Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Richard “Rick” Riodran. The girl that reads these books is Elizabeth Rodriguez born in Cuba on December 15, 1999, daughter of Reinaldo Rodriguez and Angela Maria Hernandez.

I am Juwan Clayton, a current sophomore and this is my second financial aid appeal letter, since attending Lock Haven University. When first coming to Lock Haven, things we 're difficult, a lot have change since then. I have made large strides in improving my intellect, habits, character since my last financial aid appeal. My Satisfactory Academic Progress have been progressing but at a normal student pace, I believe it will take one more semester to finally even out. So I do ask that all committee members who are reading my appeal letter, please keep a open mind and try to understand my reason for writing to you.

Adolescence is the time when grief and loss is accepted as being a part of life and is seen as something that inevitably happens to everyone. They are becoming much more aware of what is happening and may become more interested on the cause of death and what happens after life. However they may struggle to find a meaning in death and may be contemplating larger questions about the purpose of life. Each person is different and each will have different reaction which may fluctuate being a mixture of earlier age group reactions and reactions that are more adult. Adolescents and adults deal with grief much the same way however as adolescents are still maturing mentally and emotional they may be resistant to expressing their emotions.

Dealing with the grief of losing a loved one is different for everyone, some may feel guilty about it while others may feel anger and some may just feel sadness. When a child deals with grief, it is different than that of an adult. Children can sense a feeling of loss and insecurity, some may even blame themselves and say things like “I could’ve done more” or “Why didn't i spend more time with that person?” or “If only I had done that instead of..” etc. Some children may have sensations of yearning, helplessness, confusion, sheer shock and sometimes an overwhelming feeling. In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner, Raami, a 7 year old has to deal with the loss of her father and the death of her sister Radana. Raami feels something called

Sorrow is an inevitable feeling that we all experience at least once in our lives. There is no certain way to grieve, but there are many ways to process it. Some people tend to preoccupy themselves, some just try to persevere through day by day, while others feel it is more helpful to talk through it and embrace their stories.

If granted a single do-over of any moment of my life, it would be the day that we unexpectedly lost a friend, brother, and a son. The anguish that relentlessly lingers around that day, at times, seem unbearable, and to re-do the moments preceding that nightmare would bring solace to both my life and the others that were affected.

I’m a dog lover. I always have been and always will be. The cats are fine, but what really gets me is a wet slobbery kiss from a playful puppy. Here is my story of loss, love, and Loomis.

I 'm nobody. Always have been, always will be. Everyone that knew me: friends, family, foes... all dead. I 'm lost, alive for nothing. I 'm liable, though who knew flowers contained that power: the power to kill. I 'd picked up that tempting, black rose with thorns of daggers. It hadn 't bothered me until now, but roses cannot grow black! I 'd thought it was amazing, turns out, it symbolised death. I 've no purpose now. I 'm useless anyway: couldn 't even resist the temptation. And there, within my reach, the gun.

What would you do if a parent, a friend, spouse, child – anyone you truly love – died? I’m assuming, sense you loved them, that you would be sad. You might cry, maybe be in remorse wondering if it was your fault, or maybe you would be emotionless; lost, without words to even express… anything. Regardless of what you’re feeling, I know for a fact that you would go to their funeral. Why would you go though? To see them one last time; maybe to simply pay respects to the family. Though, the reason you are there is not exactly paramount. What is thought is that you are there.

Dead. Dead. Dead. That’s all I could think about will I survive or will I die? How will I get out of this? I couldn’t stop thinking about how fast life went by all those times I ran away, all those times I told my parents no and did what I wanted. All those times wasted gone and I can never get them back.

Right after the start of my junior year, I found out that a former teammate that I played ice hockey with for years had been in a car accident and suffered a traumatic brain injury. The damage was so severe that he had to relearn the basic functions of speaking, walking, and swallowing. While at Shepherd Center undergoing rehabilitation, he was able to have visitors. Picturing myself in his shoes, I would want my friends to be part of my recovery.

What if someone told you that your father was dead, but on Sundays you can visit him at Walmarts? Would you go? Though the majority of the people would think this is a crazy question, others would go in hopes of seeing their loved ones again. The death of a parent can be devastating, especially when that parent is a father. The literary works of both A.S. Byatt 's "The Thing in the Forest and Dylan Thomas 's "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night,” gives us a glimpse of what it feels like to lose a father. In Byatt 's story, the thing in the forest symbolizes the death of both Penny and Primrose 's fathers, characters within the story whose fathers died during the war. Thomas, who wrote an emotional poem about his dying father, illustrates the heaviness on one 's heart that a person has to endure when faced with the death of a parent.

The grieving process can be considered different when a younger person dies compared to an older person. Most would say that an older person who passes away has already lived their life, yet the pain it brings to family members is still difficult to deal with but may be easier to bare with because it is part of life. On the other hand, a child who dies at a young age has not yet lived their life or experienced anything. Therefore, it is a life changing experience that one may never overcome. Grieving the loss is a process for parents