Appreciation Time- By Eric Corona
Eric Corona
Ms.Hill
Pre-Ap ILA 8
18 April 2019
Appreciation Time- by Eric Corona
I believe I don't appreciate everything and everyone in my life. For crying out loud, I get to go to one of the top ten schools in Texas and still have a laptop, TV, ps4, and even a bed. Sometimes I feel like I'm taking the things and people in my life for granted by maybe not talking to them, or listening to them, or acknowledging them.
Every time I go to my grandma's house, it's usually on the holidays, which means that more family is bound to come. Why do I feel like I'm taking the people in my life for granted? It's because I try to avoid them.
I would usually talk a little but eventually move away and into the room I'm sleeping in to spend the rest of my day on my phone.
I love my dad, but I don't really call him or answer him when he calls me. I just like to keep to myself, even around family.
I love my uncles and aunts, but I never even try and make conversation. I only talk when they ask me a question.
I never got to know my great grandma at all because she spoke in Spanish and I in English. She was in the hospital and me, my sister, brother, mom and grandma got to visit her. She was 101 years old. Me and my siblings were going to just say hi and leave since we didn't really want to talk to her because we didn't know her. That still doesn't mean you shouldn't at least try and talk to her. She wanted a photo with my mom, grandma, and me. I said no because I was shy and didn't know her. My grandma took a picture with her in the first, and then my mom in the next, but I said no to the last. We left feeling not much different. It was like going to the grocery store, we went because we had to get something. That same night, my mom told me she passed away. That's when I felt I took her for granted.
There's nothing I could've done, and it's not like me being in the picture was very important to her. I didn't grieve after because again, I didn't know her. Though how would I feel if my grandma, or dad, or uncles and aunts died and I had been taking them for granted my whole life? It's something I usually think about because I know that death waits for no man.
Ms.Hill
Pre-Ap ILA 8
18 April 2019
Appreciation Time- by Eric Corona
I believe I don't appreciate everything and everyone in my life. For crying out loud, I get to go to one of the top ten schools in Texas and still have a laptop, TV, ps4, and even a bed. Sometimes I feel like I'm taking the things and people in my life for granted by maybe not talking to them, or listening to them, or acknowledging them.
Every time I go to my grandma's house, it's usually on the holidays, which means that more family is bound to come. Why do I feel like I'm taking the people in my life for granted? It's because I try to avoid them.
I would usually talk a little but eventually move away and into the room I'm sleeping in to spend the rest of my day on my phone.
I love my dad, but I don't really call him or answer him when he calls me. I just like to keep to myself, even around family.
I love my uncles and aunts, but I never even try and make conversation. I only talk when they ask me a question.
I never got to know my great grandma at all because she spoke in Spanish and I in English. She was in the hospital and me, my sister, brother, mom and grandma got to visit her. She was 101 years old. Me and my siblings were going to just say hi and leave since we didn't really want to talk to her because we didn't know her. That still doesn't mean you shouldn't at least try and talk to her. She wanted a photo with my mom, grandma, and me. I said no because I was shy and didn't know her. My grandma took a picture with her in the first, and then my mom in the next, but I said no to the last. We left feeling not much different. It was like going to the grocery store, we went because we had to get something. That same night, my mom told me she passed away. That's when I felt I took her for granted.
There's nothing I could've done, and it's not like me being in the picture was very important to her. I didn't grieve after because again, I didn't know her. Though how would I feel if my grandma, or dad, or uncles and aunts died and I had been taking them for granted my whole life? It's something I usually think about because I know that death waits for no man.
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