Criteria

A HERO … ACCORDING TO 3RD PERIOD:

•Is accepted by / an inspiration to / an example for others

•Is willing to help others / sacrifice

•Goes through a trial / a heroic act

•Is dedicated to struggling / fighting for good / contributing tosociety

Friday, December 13, 2013

My Grandmother- Brooke Michaelson

“Life is full of difficulties and challenges we have to face.”
-Linda St. Clair
            My grandmother had to go through cancer. When she first found out she had cancer it was hard for her to accept that fact, and even harder for her to tell us, her family. She didn't want us to worry, but she was thankful that we were all really supportive and that we were watching out for her. When she first started her chemotherapy. She said she went through a lot of pain.  Chemotherapy makes your stomach hurt and you don't want to eat anything. It also makes you achy and really tired. You can also get sick really easily so you couldn't go places really.
 She had to take drugs from December to May, six months. Sometimes the nurses had to wear gloves and masks so they wouldn't get the drugs on them. Then radiation came and she had to have that every day for seven weeks. It made her really tiered, it also acted like a sunburn and your skin would peel off. She had to have surgery several times. After all the cancer was over it was still really hard sometimes. She went and bought a huge Costco cake for the nurses and doctors. She is happy that it is all over. But she doesn't feel like she is a hero just another person who went through cancer.
I think that she is a hero, but that is just my opinion. She is and inspiration to others who have cancer and who are going through trials. She was willing to go around to others in the hospital who had cancer and say, “If I can do it, so can you.” She went through a huge trial, it was a matter of life and death, and she succeeded. She was fighting for the good of her family. We wouldn’t be able to do a lot of things without her.
I learned that we should be grateful for what we have because we could lose it all in a moment. We should try and face the trials we have instead of hiding for them. We have to fight for what we want otherwise we will fail. In other words “keep your eyes on the prize.” We can apply this in our life in many ways. Maybe you have a trial that is hard for you, then you can think of others who have had harder trials than the one you are facing. Then you can think, if that can face that, then I can do this trial.

My grandmother had to go through cancer. When she first found out she had cancer it was hard for her to accept that fact and even harder to tell her family. When she first started her chemotherapy, she said she went through a lot of pain.  Chemotherapy makes your stomach hurt and you don't want to eat anything, it also makes you achy and really tired. You can also get sick really easily so you couldn't go places really. Sometimes the nurses had to wear gloves and masks so they wouldn't get the drugs on them. Then radiation came and she had to have that every day for seven weeks. It made her really tired, it also acted like a sunburn and your skin would peel off. She had to have surgery several times. After all the cancer was over it was still really hard sometimes. She went and bought a huge Costco cake for the nurses and doctors. She is happy that it is all over. But she doesn't feel like she is a hero just another person who went through cancer.
I learned that we should be grateful for what we have because we could lose it all in a moment. We should try and face the trials we have instead of hiding for them. We have to fight for what we want otherwise we will fail. In other words “keep your eyes on the prize.” We can apply this in our life in many ways. Maybe you have a trial that is hard for you, then you can think of others who have had harder trials than the one you are facing. Then you can think, if that can face that, then I can do this trial.


I think that she is a hero, but that is just my opinion. She is and inspiration to others who have cancer and who are going through trials. She was willing to go around to others in the hospital who had cancer and say, “If I can do it, so can you.” She went through a huge trial, it was a matter of life and death, and she succeeded. She was fighting for the good of her family. We wouldn’t be able to do a lot of things without her.

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