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She expected the world.

Rant…

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sinnerlikeme:

So, this girl from my highschool is in hospice care, because she’s dying from bone cancer. Terribly sad, really.

However, let me tell you about this girl. I’ve had several run-ins with her, and have told her off numerous times. Because she seems to think that she’s entitled to everything and can treat people like shit and get away with it. Okay, no, just because you have cancer doesn’t mean you get to ignore the rules of society and disrespect everyone who doesn’t kiss your feet.

Everyone, people who don’t even know her, are posting status’ about how much they love her, ect. ect. Whatever, she hated all of you and made it very known.

Now, there’s a page where you can buy a shirt that says that she’s “our hero”. Why? What about being sick makes you a hero? A hero is defined as “a man admired for his achievements and noble qualities”…. She’s not a hero. Where’s the t-shirts for our troops? Firefighters? Police men? Our doctors, for christ’s sake?

I’m just so annoyed with everyone on facebook, and the way these people are kissing this girls ass. Yes, she’s dying, she’s young, its sad. No, that doesn’t make you a hero. Peoples views are so twisted.

 In the most respectful manner possible, I’d like to say, fuck off.

This girl is actually my friend, so I may be a little sensitive to this situation, but it doesn’t change the fact that you just attacked a human being who is at their most vulnerable state. It also doesn’t change how inappropriate it is to assume she, “think[s] that she’s entitled to everything and can treat people like shit and get away with it.” Or that she ”…ignore[s] the rules of society and disrespect[s] everyone who doesn’t kiss [her] feet.”
She is the most outgoing person I know. She is not afraid to say, or act in a way that reflects her feelings. She is not afraid to treat people as she sees fit, or in the way they treat her and maybe that’s because she’s had the possibility of death on her mind for the past six years. I, you, anyone else hypothetically battling cancer would probably behave similarly. She doesn’t wish that anyone would, “kiss her feet,” because she just wants to live, and breathe, and be normal. She isn’t anything you’ve described her as, I’m wondering if we’re even talking about the same person.

She is a hero despite your silly dictionary definition of the word. I’d like to ask you who your heroes are? Mine aren’t all men first off, they’re also admired though they’ve never fought fires, they’ve never rescued kitties from trees. They’ve made something of themselves despite their situations, just as Rachel has done. She’s made the best damn life she can despite the fact that she is in constant pain, and terrified because she doesn’t know how long she has. She makes everyone feel more alive because they realize life has the potential of being so short. She reminds people not to give two shits about what anyone else thinks, and she inspires everyone to do what they want in life, because we only have one chance. She’s my hero. She doesn’t have to be yours, you don’t have to like her or admire her or be inspired by her, but you also don’t have to drag everyone else down with you and your twisted views.

^THIS. It shouldn’t matter what she WAS like. It’s called forgetting the past, and getting over yourself. I didn’t even know this girl, but talking her down at a terrible time in her life is horrible. Be the bigger person. Again, I was only in one class with her while I was in high school. Even if I knew her, but wasn’t friends with her, I would NEVER say anything like this. Ever. We all have our own definition of heroes. Why is she my hero? Because she has taken a TERRIBLE situation and made it into something good. She’s not dwelling on terrible things like you are. She is being the bigger person.


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My name is Emily. I live in the great state that is Michigan, in the city of Livonia, but I spend all my time in Dearborn Heights. I'm a family-adoring, Jesus-lover, girlfriend of Derek, 18 year old who isn't sure where her life is going. Here's my journey.

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