Consolation
...ou want it to be.” I tell myself this everyday because anything can happen unexpectedly. Sometimes I can go through a whole day with it being perfect, until one little thing messes it all up. I get really disappointed when this happens so I turn to my consolations. The most important consolations in my life would be my family and my running. I always say to myself that family comes before anything. But what happens when the problem is with your family? That’s why I turn to running. Everyone that is on my team I consider them family. All of us are really close and I can share anything with them. Also when I am out on my runs I have a lot of time to think. So I reflect what’s going on and think about any positive solutions for my problems. There are also times in my life where consolations do not work at that time. So I need to do whatever I can to find a way to help the situation. There have been a few times in my life where consolations came through for me There was one time in my life where I was just devastated. It was when my great grandma passed away. One day when I came home from school my mom told us that our dad had some bad news for us. But I and my brother didn’t think anything of it, so we went on with our day like nothing was wrong. And I and my brother were really close to my great grandma. Now that I really think about, the last few years she was with us, she was going though a really hard time just to survive. So when my dad came home and told us the bad news, I was heartbroken. I didn’t know what to do or think. I was wishing it was all a dream. But the more I thought about it, the worse I felt. My parents were trying to comfort me and my brother because that was our first death in our family had to experience. When I finally couldn’t take t anymore, I just went to bed thinking maybe I can sleep it off and it would all be better I the morning. When I woke up the next day all I thought about was my great grandma. My dad decided that we are going to go out of town to visit my grandma because she had just lost her mother. Once we got there my family and I, all met in one room and talked about all the good times we have had together. They all knew this would help me, my brother, and all my cousins. After this I felt much more comfortable with what was going on and I realized that my family helped me a lot. Since ...