Facing challenges is extremely hard. The biggest challenge I faced this year was losing my brother and still having to come to school and learn and get used to him not being here. At first it was hard, and I was very mad and angry at the world, so I had to learn how to deal with things differently and how to keep going no matter what the circumstances were at the time. I prayed every day for things to get better and I am still working hard to get myself back to where I was before all this happened. I always think about what my brother would tell me to do, that is why I keep pushing every day, no matter what his motivation. That is why I will never give up and I had to make that promise to myself that I would keep pushing and finish school and graduate and go to college and finish college. Never in a million years would I have thought that would have happened to me and my family, but everything happens for a reason. Ever since that happened, I feel like my eyes have opened to see the real and the fake. Also, I learned that everybody is not the same when it comes down to grieving. Sometimes it takes people years to get over a death or it might even take them months. Losing someone you love and care for is a hard pill to sallow and I would never wish that on anybody. What hurt me the most was seeing my mama cryin and to hear her say “my baby gone” I believe that’s what really hurt me and my sisters and brothers the most because we don’t like to see our mother like that we don’t like to see our mother hurt, sad , crying or none of that. It took my mama months to get back to herself and she is still not there just, yet it is still taking time for her to be at peace with the situation that happened. She still talks about it every day and she still cry, and she is still hurting. I always tell my mama everything is going to be okay we must stay prayed up and keep our heads up. What I learned from facing my challenges and experiences is that you must keep going no matter what and pray and have faith and never give up on something just because you have other things going on in life.