Personal Narrative: The Meola Family

I believe one’s true character can be correctly identified by their actions. I am privileged to have made an impact on one cancer survivor as well as left an impression on me. Fortunately, cancer has never affected anyone in my family, nevertheless I still wanted to help. My father’s childhood best friend had a mother suffering from severe breast cancer. Carol was diagnosed with such a severe breast cancer that she only had about two months to live. She was so worried that she was not going to make it to Christmas.
She was constantly in pain and bleeding, and the doctors could do little to relieve her symptoms. My father had regular visits to see his best friend every month and his visits increased when Carol was suffering. One of Carol’s favorite activities was cooking. She always cooked authentic, Italian dinners for her guests. This was something that still bought her joy when she was ill. When I discovered this, I began going on visits with my father to his friends’ home. My distant relationship with the Meola family became very devoted. I would assist Carol with the cooking, read to her, or even just
I always had long hair that I grew out for about five years. I received compliments about how gorgeous it was and I started to believe that I could never look pretty without it. I could never imagine losing all of my hair to a deleterious illness. I decided to donate fourteen inches on my hair to Pantene Beautiful Lengths so a cancer patient could have a wig and could feel confident. I also started a Relay for Life team at my school and was team captain. Over the last three years, we have raised over three thousand dollars. Even though this is a small amount, I hope that the money my team raised helps patients acquire nurses and transportation to ease their pain and stress. I want it to inspire them to keep fighting mentally because I strongly believe that it has an immense impact on the patient’s physical