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So I’m thirteen now and two years ago one of the 

biggest impacts in my life was my cousin Eric dying. It 

wasn’t the first time I’ve dealt with with losing a loved 

one but this is one of the experiences that I will never 

forget.   It was January 3rd 2013 I was watching T.V 

with my sister in the living room and my mom was in 

her room like any normal night. Around 8:30pm my 

mom got a phone call and rushed out of the house I 

was worried my sister and I asked my mom multiple 

times where she was going but she wouldn't’t tell us. 

Two hours later my mom came back home we asked 

what happen but she wouldn't’t tell us she went in her 

room and closed the door and she started crying.

 I didn’t know what was happening so I just tried to go 

to sleep but it was hard not to think about what just 

happened. The next morning January 4th 2013 it was 

9am I was watching T.V when my mom came out of her 

room and woke up my sister and my dad was at the 

door. Before my parents could even say anything I knew 

something was wrong because my dad only comes into 

the house when something bad happened. We sat in 

silence then finally my dad told me my cousin Eric died 

that morning because he had an asthma attack the night 

before. At first we just sat there then we started crying 

it’s the first time I’ve actually seen my dad cry. I was so 

upset I stopped eating and I stopped talking to my sister 

and parents .

Eric was one of my closest family members 

and it was hard when he was gone I wouldn’t 

even step foot into my aunt’s   house I didn’t 

want to see the house it had too many 

memories in it. The day of the funeral I didn’t 

even go I don’t regret not going because if I 

went I couldn’t have handled it   but I do wish 

I could see my cousin one last time. After the 

funeral was over my sister came to my house 

and my sister my dad and I went to my Auntie 

Sarah’s house for the get together   when we got 

there it was a lot of family that haven’t been 

around for a while.

my brothers   sister asked if I was okay and 

started playing around   it was actually fun to 

be there. We ate and played around and got 

our minds off of everything I was actually 

surprised how my little cousins weren’t 

depressed because Eric was their dad and they 

were close. Since then everything’s been kind 

of the same except I don’t go to my auntie 

Lynn’s house as much anymore but we call or 

walk to her house once in a while.

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