Trying to Be like Everyone Else

In reading the essays I felt that they each had something important to say that really got me thinking. The essay though that I felt had the most importance to me was "On Being Crippled" by Nancy Mairs. In this essay I felt that what was important was that even though we have some kind of sickness we can still live a normal life. This idea is explained by the author when she describes how she still cooks, washes her clothes, and works.

I feel that this is important for me because I have known people that once they find out that they are sick they lose all hope. I know that all the people act differently toward how they feel, but some have it worse than others. I remember when my aunt found out that she had cancer in her liver and all she felt was depression. She was never the same person again and was always wanting to be lonesome. she also didn't want to eat meat or pasta because she said she was fed up with it.

I now realize that what she was feeling none of us could ever have felt and that we sometimes can't fight our disease. This is why i think that her having a positive attitude is important to me because you cannot just give up. i think that sometimes we need to accept and not be questioning God about why he did this to us.

the narrator gives a good point about still living her normal life. She explains that she does it because of her family and I find that it is a good reason. sometimes we make sacrifices so that our family won't suffer with us. I believe that living a normal life can probably help the sick person as well because they will know that their family supports them.

Living a normal life is important for me because if I had a moment like this then I would do the same. I would live a normal life because in the end we all die.