College Prompt Essay: Someone that influenced me

                Everybody has that person in their life where they made an impact on your life dramatically; she was there ever since I was born, she taught me how to do things I thought I could never do, and she was just that person that would be there when I needed a shoulder to cry on. I could never imagine this day would come that day I got that message; “Aunty Kahea’s cancer spread and she couldn’t fight anymore, she died” my heart dropped right into my stomach.

               Aunty Kahea is my aunty; she had cancer, all of us thought she fought this disease but it came back even stronger and she couldn’t fight it anymore. I felt like I didn’t spend enough time with her mostly because my family changed churches and from there our church family split apart, no one was connected and all of us just didn’t have time to talk or just hang out. The news totally changed everybody; Aunty Kahea was the foundation of our youth and church. Before nobody talked or got together but after that news the family came back together; we started to plan the funeral. Everybody got together to perform one of the first dances she ever taught us, “I call you Jesus.” We practiced and practiced and every time we did we all cried, she made a huge impact on all of us

                She influenced our lives so much, especially mines. I was technically one of the young kids in the group.  I would always be with her when I was still at that church, she felt like my blood aunty. I felt like she helped me become a better person than I was before. When she died I could tell she was watching over me and she would guide me through my life. I felt like I should be that person that’s there for my friends and family; even though she wasn’t here anymore she is still alive in my heart. She worked hard and never gave up on something that she wanted for the church, and that helped me realize I need to be more persistent with homework and projects. Having that motivation helped me a lot; I tried my best with homework and projects, if it was hard I wouldn’t just give up like that, I would actually try to understand it or ask for help. Sometimes having motivation can change your attitude towards things like it did for me.

                I learned a lot from her since I was born to freshman year, but she is always in heart and head. She influenced me to be a better person for the world and helped me work harder in school and she was my motivation. Being impacted by someone and realizing that they’re gone totally changes your focus on things, especially if that person has been there your whole life.