I remember it like it was yesterday. It was night time and the sky was dark except for the stars. My family and I were in the house and my dad was experiencing a lot of pain on one side of his stomach. My mom tried to get him to go to the hospital but he wouldn’t. Over the hours the pain became worse. Finally the pain got so bad that he had to …showed first 75 words of 508 total…

…showed last 75 words of 508 total…recover, but when he did we were all glad to have the old dad back. The lesson that I learned was to appreciate some one every moment you have with them because you never know when the tables will turn and you might not have that person anymore. And all that time you took for granted with them was wasted and you can never get it back. This is a lesson I will never forget.