College Admissions Essay-Do You Need Anything?

“Do You Need Anything?” When my sister and I were little, we would go to our grandparents’ house every day during the summer and every afternoon during school. Every day was a different adventure for the both of us due to our great imaginations. My sister and I loved pretending to be country music stars with our guitars and cowboy hats. Some days we would be princesses and dance as though we were at a ball, while other days we were serving food in our own play restaurant. No matter what is was that we were playing with or getting into, we never went a day without hearing these words from our Paw, “Do you need anything?” As children we were always engrossed and preoccupied by our own fantasies that we never really fully acknowledged our Paw. We would listen just enough to reply politely with a “No, thank you.” As my sister and I grew into young teenagers, our activities at our grandparents changed from playing with the toys to
When someone offered to do something for me, I was thankful, but I also felt guilty to allow them to do so. I had it set in my mind that if I needed anything that I would get it for myself.
In the month proceeding my first ever mission trip, my Paw’s health turned for the worse. He had become bedridden and could not do anything for himself. Every day of that month I went and visited him and found myself asking him the same question he had asked me one thousand times before, “Do you need anything?” I guess he felt the same way I did as a child, and he would respond with a faint “No, thank you. I love you.”
It was in the week leading to the day I was supposed to leave for my mission trip, and I began to debate whether or not I would go or stay home to be with my Paw for his final days. I asked my Paw the day before I had to leave if he needed anything, and knowing that I was thinking about not going, he replied “I need you to go and spread the word and love of God and not worry about