3 - Death of an uncle

"I had to be strong that day"

Death, an event feared by many. Who would want to die? Nobody right? Except for really old people who wants to leave earth already because they're very tired and suicidals I guess. But most of us doesn't want to. WE WANT TO LIVE LONGER! We want to experience all the adventures that can be experienced here on earth. But that's not possible since everyone will die eventually. No one stays permanently here on earth, except for dead bodies. We have to accept that death is just waiting at the end of the road. Just like my uncle who passed away when I was in Grade five. I had to be strong the day he passed away.

My uncle was the best uncle I ever had. Every summer my mom drops me to their house to play with my cousin Enar (my cousin who I mentioned at my first blog post) for the summer. Every time I go their house, my uncle always thinks of awesome adventures. We once went to a farm to catch edible frogs for dinner. Just to clear things up, my uncle cleans the frogs before he cooks them or so I've heard. It taste a bit like chicken by the way.

Anyway, something happened. After I got back from school, my mother told me that something happened to my uncle. He suddenly collapsed while he was jogging. My uncle went to the doctor to find out what was happening  to his body.The doctor said that he had a stage 4 cancer.

To cut the long story short, he stayed at our house until the day he died. When we we're about to bury his body, I cried so hard. I tried my best not to, but I just couldn't stop. The reason why I was crying so hard was because I imagined that my dad was the one lying inside the coffin. From that point on, I felt what my cousin felt. While I was crying, my father saw me. He came close to me and asked "Why are you crying?" I didn't want him to tell why I was really crying because I was to shy, so I just pointed at the coffin.

One thing I learned after all that happened, is that we should always try our best to make every single moment count. We only have one life to live, don't was a single second. Make it productive, make it worth remembering. Don't waste your life on enemies. Forgive and forget, that's what I always say. Remember, ONE LIFE TO LIVE, Make every moment count.