One Can live with an Atrociuos Disease

Carmen Hawkins
Eng. Comp 1010
September 26, 2003
Essay #1




One Can Enjoy Life with an Atrocious Disease

Finding out you have a potentially life-threatening illness can be the worst news you ever receive, but it doesn’t have to be. You can still enjoy your life to the fullest as long as you can maintain a positive attitude. Presently, I can say that while living with a horrible disease I am enjoying life for what it’s worth and then some. I have been fortunate enough to become the mother of three children who are perfectly healthy; an 8-year-old daughter and 11- and 12-year-old boys. I am currently enrolled as a full-time student in a local college and I work full time. In addition to all this, I also have the time- consuming job of a single mother, which we now call parenting. Meanwhile, carrying a full load, I still manage to find time to enjoy life, whether it be traveling, dining out, shopping, or whatever else comes to mind.
When I was 18, I awake one sunny morn...