Using My tests as Stepping Stones

Most of my childhood consisted of hospital rooms waiting, bad cafeteria food and the names of doctors, I could not not pronounce. I became involved in the disease inevitably my father at age 9, I gave shots and dosed medicine. Not the definition of "daddy's little girl" has other expected, but that was my childhood.

My father's illness took his life when I was 11, leaving behind his wife and five children. Soon after, we woke up to the bitter realization of our financial situation deteriorates. the burden that was placed on the shoulders of my mother is one that no one should have to carry it. If my father had had life insurance, it would have removed the constant financial worries.

now I am the only child in my family to have graduated from high school. and although the financial struggle to go to university to continue, and I will use my trials as stepping stones and my education will be the basis on which I build my life.

I wish I could say more, but I can not form an sentence that expresses how my family would have benefited from life insurance. Although setbacks hit me when I'm down, I found that the real failure is when I stop trying. I refused to give up then, and I refuse to give up now

Editor's Note :. Kira Olsen received Life Lessons scholarship life happens to help students experiencing financial difficulties to get an education because of a dying parent with little or no life insurance. To start planning your own, start www.lifehappens.org/LI.