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Many times in my life there have been very emotional times for me my great-grandfather dying, my grandmother dying, and my dog being ?put to sleep?. But one of the most troubling was when my cousin went into anaphylactic shock from a bug bite. One of the worst parts of it was that Eric was away at Basic Training, to become a Marine. He was stationed down south so that meant he wasn?t close to any of his family and we didn?t have much contact with him.
When I was told what happened it felt like my heart skipped a beat and pumped out an extra amount of blood, it felt as if something had taken you by surprise and all the hairs on your arm stand up. For the next few weeks I would wake up hope he would be okay, but had my doubts and I would feel sad most of the day even if I wasn?t acting it. One of things that bothered me most is that he was a few weeks away from graduation, he did all that work for what seems like nothing, but he earned something you can?t put on a piece of paper or on a plaque or in a picture, he earned skills like responsibility and strength. He is determined to get back into the Marines and I respect that and I look up to him for that but I hope he doesn?t get hurt if he does get to go back and goes over seas. It would make my question whether I one day, would go into the Army like I hope to do.
Eric has been a great role model to me and showed that he is very responsible and he doesn?t change his mind every second. He is determined to go back into the marines and serve his country, some people in the family say he is out of his mind but I still respect him for the decision he has made, he is a great cousin. I just pray that next time I hear a story about his training it won?t be from his friends or instructors mourning from his death. I don?t care what part he plays in the Marines as long as he comes home in one whole piece with the life he went away with.
Many times in my life there have been very emotional times for me my great-grandfather dying, my grandmother dying, and my dog being ?put to sleep?. But one of the most troubling was when my cousin went into anaphylactic shock from a bug bite. One of the worst parts of it was that Eric was away at Basic Training, to become a Marine. He was stationed down south so that meant he wasn?t close to any of his family and we didn?t have much contact with him.
When I was told what happened it felt like my heart skipped a beat and pumped out an extra amount of blood, it felt as if something had taken you by surprise and all the hairs on your arm stand up. For the next few weeks I would wake up hope he would be okay, but had my doubts and I would feel sad most of the day even if I wasn?t acting it. One of things that bothered me most is that he was a few weeks away from graduation, he did all that work for what seems like nothing, but he earned something you can?t put on a piece of paper or on a plaque or in a picture, he earned skills like responsibility and strength. He is determined to get back into the Marines and I respect that and I look up to him for that but I hope he doesn?t get hurt if he does get to go back and goes over seas. It would make my question whether I one day, would go into the Army like I hope to do.
Eric has been a great role model to me and showed that he is very responsible and he doesn?t change his mind every second. He is determined to go back into the marines and serve his country, some people in the family say he is out of his mind but I still respect him for the decision he has made, he is a great cousin. I just pray that next time I hear a story about his training it won?t be from his friends or instructors mourning from his death. I don?t care what part he plays in the Marines as long as he comes home in one whole piece with the life he went away with.
