A Lesson Learned Through A Loss by Adriana

A Lesson Learned Through A Loss by Adriana - October 2013 Scholarship Essay

I learned a valuable life lesson outside of the classroom on the first of October two-thousand thirteen. On this day my beloved dog Lady passed away between two and four in the morning. I had her for nine years. Although she lived a good long life her death was completely unexpected. That weekend she began to have difficulty breathing but would quickly recover as if nothing was wrong with her; this made it even more difficult to grasp the concept of her being gone. I also have another dog named Bolita. Bolita grew up with Lady; they were together for a year.
Seeing her response to Lady’s death and Lady’s death in general made me realize that our life is not a guarantee and neither of us knows when we will leave this world. We do not have to be terminally ill in order to pass away we could be perfectly fine and within seconds lose our life for reasons that us humans cannot comprehend. Much of the time we take people and even ourselves for granted because we do not thinks that we will never see them again. We never think that when we say good night or good bye that it will be the last time we do so. We all anticipate on waking up and seeing ourselves in the mirror, being able to hug and kiss our loved ones. We do not ever expect someone to pass away hours after you see them even if they are terminally ill you will be expecting them to pass away sometime soon but you never expect it to happen hours or even minutes after seeing them.
Death is always a difficult issue to deal with no matter who it is. Everyone is dear to us and will always be in our hearts no matter what. It does not matter if it is your grandparents, godparents, siblings, parents, aunts, uncles or pets they will all be missed and grieved some may take longer grieving periods than others but it does not mean they were loved any less. Lady’s death taught me that our life is not bought and neither is anyone else’s. Her death has opened my eyes and made me realize that I need to be kinder to my siblings and not take them for granted. I now try and spend more time with them even if it is just doing homework together we are creating amazing memories never to be forgotten. We often we reminisce about what we have done or said and gone though. When Lady came into our lives she brought us closer together and now through her death she has done the same. She has taught me several things and continues to do so even when she is no longer with us. The main lesson she taught me after her death was that we should never take people for granted; we should always take advantage of the time that we have with someone because we do not know if that will be the last time we will ever be with them. We need to constantly tell our loved ones that we love them, care for them, and will always be there for them because we never know when either one of us may die. No matter what happens we should always attempt to never go to bed angry; we should always forgive, forget, and move on because if we do not we will be forced to live with regrets for the rest of our lives.