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Death - College Paper

Death

All it takes is five seconds, and it can change your whole perspective about the word "". Last May a good friend of mine died, after falling off a bicycle. I couldn't comprehend the fact that he was dead for a few hours after my father told me. It seemed to me that just a moment ago I was playing basketball with him. He was only twelve but I knew him since he was very young. Actually he was almost a best friend to me. After his accident he was rushed to the hospital with a coma. Then after two weeks all his organs eventually failed. I was so naive. During the time he was in the hospital, I always told myself that he was going to be all right and he was going to be out of there in no ...

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four times. Then we were rushed to the hospital and stayed there for about an hour. My sister and I were all right but my dad was in critical condition. My dad ended up only loosing his pinky finger. Just being in that situation made my outlook on life and different. I couldn't bear the fact that my dad would be gone forever. Being a Christian I was brought up to believe that people who believe in Jesus Christ would have a greater destiny in heaven. But in these two situations with , I wasn't able to think about them being gone and in heaven. I only thought about them being gone period.
Watching all the hurts and tears that people shed during my friends made me think about how can be such an impact on peoples lives. People do not take lightly. Their emotions and thoughts take a big twist and a lot of questions go through their thoughts like "What if that were my son"? Or "What if that was me"? Also regrets start creeping into peoples minds especially the parents. I ...

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Added: 2/10/2008 05:58:01 AM
Category: Health & Medicine
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 840
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