Growing up death was never an issues for me, It didn't scare me and It didn't really affect me. During sophomore year my grandmother ended up in the hospital, shortly after she passed away. I feel that hospitals just make everything 10 times sadder and 100 times harder (for coping reasons). They have an odd smell, and odd sounds (personally the beeping noise on the life monitor freaks me out). Growing up I always thought that once someone went to the hospital they weren't going to come back. Of course I was wrong but no one ever explained to me what hospitals were.

It blows my mind how a simple cold can turn into bronchitis or how making love with someone who has AIDS and be transferred. If we know about all these problems why hasn't someone found a cure? Technology is so advanced that it should be easy by know. In my family illness is not really talked about, for instance another one of my grandmothers has cancer and diabetes, I can count on one hand how many times we have talked about it. I see how that could be a good thing, that we don't worry about it and just try to savior the good times but its something that could potentially and probably will kill her, and I'd personally would like to know what exactly it is that is inside of her.

Its interesting to see how most people are afraid to take about death and illness and try to hide from it, when in reality it effects everyone and you can't run from it. I feel that if people were more open to discuss certain topics we wouldn't be scared once it came into our life. Illness is a great way to appreciate the little things in life and to not take people for granted, it just sucks that that is the way some people have to learn.

Disability is a illness I see almost everyday, and taking pit on them is something I don't do. Instead I try to treat them like any other person and look at them for who they are inside not there physical appearance. One of my friends mother is blind and she is one of the most intelligent people I know. Disabilities is just another aspect in life that i feel makes someone stronger, physically and mentally, and we can all learn from them.