It was December of 2001 when my friend, James, did something important for me. I had gone to visit him in Milwaukee to hang out for a weekend when I got a shocking phone call. It was my father on the other end and he gave me the bad news. “We’re in a hospital in Chicago, Grampa died of a heart attack.” Having just woken up, I was immediately sent into a feeling of disbelief, but I knew I had to do something. “Can you come pick us up in Chicago?” I knew they had taken a bus down to see a play and, since this happened at a restaurant before the show, my parents and grandma were in no condition to wait 4 hours to come home. Here was the problem. I only had a 2 seat car that wouldn’t fit 4 people in it, so I had to ask James for a favor. I needed to borrow his car-a four door sedan-to pick up my mom, dad and grandma in Chicago and then let me drive them home. That wasn’t the big favor. He would then need to drive my car 2 hours back to Menasha and then drive all the way back to Milwaukee, four hours of driving on a Sunday….not exactly the way he wanted to spent the day, I’m sure. But James never hesitated when I asked him to do this for me. He completely understood the urgency of the situation and was sympathetic. This was a small act of kindness in his mind, but it will always be a huge favor he did for me and my family.
In 2008 my grandpa was in the hospital and he had a disease in his blood. I got brought into the hospital and he needed blood they asked “are you the one donating blood?” and me being the easy going person i am said “ sure.” not thinking of what I really said. I was the only person they drew blood from and because of this I potentially saved his life. When I look back at this it wasn't much of a favor, just me not thinking, but it showed him that we care and that we were there for him.
One important thing that a friend has done for me is when I was feeling really down about my grade on a test, my friend told me that I kept saying I can’t and I won’t. He said i’m smarter than I think. If I believe that I am not very smart, I will act that way. He says that I need to ask people for help, and he said that he would help me with my schoolwork. he is tired of hearing people say “I can’t” and “I won’t.” He is still doing it, since then I have improved.
I remember a time when I had to babysit for my mom because she had to go to work. It was not fun because I had to feed it and burp it and change and it won't stop crying it was just bad. I didn’t even get paid when she got back from work and I was anger. Then there was another time had babysit two dogs from my moms friend. The big bog kept on pulling on my pants and was dragging me but the little one was fine. Then this other time my friends dogs ran away and he never knew it so I had to chase him halfway across the neighborhood and walk him back to the his house.
In my neighborhood I watchdogs and mow lawns for people. When the Owners are gone on a trip They will call me for dog watching and mowing their lawns. One time I accidently for cot to feed the dogs that I was babysitting. Their are 2 reasons why I do these thing. One reason is the money because at the end of the week is when I get paid. The second reason is that I love mowing and dog sitting because I love doing those thing. I would love to do more stuff in the summer.
When I was little had an arrow in my foot and my best friend took me to the hospital while I was losing lots of blood. A long time ago I loved to mow my neighbors lawn a lot because it was fun. My friends has done a lot for me they help me with relationships that I might need help with. When we were fishing once my best friend fell into the water and I had to go get him because he did not know how to swim back then. I got stabbed one and i lost lots of blood and my friend had do help me get to the hospital.
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ReplyDeleteIt was December of 2001 when my friend, James, did something important for me. I had gone to visit him in Milwaukee to hang out for a weekend when I got a shocking phone call. It was my father on the other end and he gave me the bad news. “We’re in a hospital in Chicago, Grampa died of a heart attack.” Having just woken up, I was immediately sent into a feeling of disbelief, but I knew I had to do something. “Can you come pick us up in Chicago?” I knew they had taken a bus down to see a play and, since this happened at a restaurant before the show, my parents and grandma were in no condition to wait 4 hours to come home. Here was the problem. I only had a 2 seat car that wouldn’t fit 4 people in it, so I had to ask James for a favor. I needed to borrow his car-a four door sedan-to pick up my mom, dad and grandma in Chicago and then let me drive them home. That wasn’t the big favor. He would then need to drive my car 2 hours back to Menasha and then drive all the way back to Milwaukee, four hours of driving on a Sunday….not exactly the way he wanted to spent the day, I’m sure. But James never hesitated when I asked him to do this for me. He completely understood the urgency of the situation and was sympathetic. This was a small act of kindness in his mind, but it will always be a huge favor he did for me and my family.
ReplyDeleteIn 2008 my grandpa was in the hospital and he had a disease in his blood. I got brought into the hospital and he needed blood they asked “are you the one donating blood?” and me being the easy going person i am said “ sure.” not thinking of what I really said. I was the only person they drew blood from and because of this I potentially saved his life. When I look back at this it wasn't much of a favor, just me not thinking, but it showed him that we care and that we were there for him.
ReplyDeleteOne important thing that a friend has done for me is when I was feeling really down about my grade on a test, my friend told me that I kept saying I can’t and I won’t. He said i’m smarter than I think. If I believe that I am not very smart, I will act that way. He says that I need to ask people for help, and he said that he would help me with my schoolwork. he is tired of hearing people say “I can’t” and “I won’t.” He is still doing it, since then I have improved.
ReplyDeleteI remember a time when I had to babysit for my mom because she had to go to work. It was not fun because I had to feed it and burp it and change and it won't stop crying it was just bad. I didn’t even get paid when she got back from work and I was anger. Then there was another time had babysit two dogs from my moms friend. The big bog kept on pulling on my pants and was dragging me but the little one was fine. Then this other time my friends dogs ran away and he never knew it so I had to chase him halfway across the neighborhood and walk him back to the his house.
ReplyDeleteIn my neighborhood I watchdogs and mow lawns for people. When the Owners are gone on a trip They will call me for dog watching and mowing their lawns. One time I accidently for cot to feed the dogs that I was babysitting. Their are 2 reasons why I do these thing. One reason is the money because at the end of the week is when I get paid. The second reason is that I love mowing and dog sitting because I love doing those thing. I would love to do more stuff in the summer.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was little had an arrow in my foot and my best friend took me to the hospital while I was losing lots of blood. A long time ago I loved to mow my neighbors lawn a lot because it was fun.
ReplyDeleteMy friends has done a lot for me they help me with relationships that I might need help with. When we were fishing once my best friend fell into the water and I had to go get him because he did not know how to swim back then. I got stabbed one and i lost lots of blood and my friend had do help me get to the hospital.