What Is The Greatest Man I Ever Knew Essay
The Greatest Man I ever Knew
By Ma-Ria D. Fitch
June 20, 2011
CM1200
April 6, 1956, the greatest man I ever knew was born with his twins cord wrapped around his neck cutting off his oxygen. His twin was still born, but somehow, he survived. He was born black as the ace of spades and his entire life was filled with mental and physical disabilities. He was epileptic, had asthma, chronic bronchitis, chronic migraines, chronic joint and muscular pain, and when he died in October of 2008, he also had emphysema from smoking most of his life. He never had beyond an 8th grade education, but he taught me more about myself, the world around me, and the differences between right and wrong and what I should do with my life, then anyone else I know. This man’s parents were told when he was born that he wouldn’t live past the age of 2. When he was 2 the doctors said he wouldn’t live past the age of 6. At six they told him he wouldn’t see his 16th birthday. When at 16 the doctors told him he wouldn’t live to see 21, he told them that he would not only live to see 21, but that he would live for many years after and have a child and watch that child grow into something spectacular. At 21 he was told again that he …show more content…
A sense of purpose, a need to be the best that she could be, even though in her heart she thought and in some ways still believes, that she failed him. He gave her the passion to live her life to the fullest and whether she does it for herself, her family, her friends, or his memory; she will live that life to the fullest and remember him every day of that life. She is grateful for the time that she got to be with him, even though it was cut short by disease and hardships. She holds his memory close to her heart every moment of every day. Even now, when she looks into the face of her own child and sees her father’s eyes looking back at her, she knows that his memory will not fade and that he is with her
By Ma-Ria D. Fitch
June 20, 2011
CM1200
April 6, 1956, the greatest man I ever knew was born with his twins cord wrapped around his neck cutting off his oxygen. His twin was still born, but somehow, he survived. He was born black as the ace of spades and his entire life was filled with mental and physical disabilities. He was epileptic, had asthma, chronic bronchitis, chronic migraines, chronic joint and muscular pain, and when he died in October of 2008, he also had emphysema from smoking most of his life. He never had beyond an 8th grade education, but he taught me more about myself, the world around me, and the differences between right and wrong and what I should do with my life, then anyone else I know. This man’s parents were told when he was born that he wouldn’t live past the age of 2. When he was 2 the doctors said he wouldn’t live past the age of 6. At six they told him he wouldn’t see his 16th birthday. When at 16 the doctors told him he wouldn’t live to see 21, he told them that he would not only live to see 21, but that he would live for many years after and have a child and watch that child grow into something spectacular. At 21 he was told again that he …show more content…
A sense of purpose, a need to be the best that she could be, even though in her heart she thought and in some ways still believes, that she failed him. He gave her the passion to live her life to the fullest and whether she does it for herself, her family, her friends, or his memory; she will live that life to the fullest and remember him every day of that life. She is grateful for the time that she got to be with him, even though it was cut short by disease and hardships. She holds his memory close to her heart every moment of every day. Even now, when she looks into the face of her own child and sees her father’s eyes looking back at her, she knows that his memory will not fade and that he is with her