These sufferings have seasoned me:

Through my 18 years of life I have only suffered a few times. Two of the times I suffered the most was when my Grandma Carol and Grandpa Tommy died. I was pretty close with both of them even though they lived in Palm Desert. They both had sparkling personality and were the best grandparents ever. My Grandma got sick with cancer in the winter and died that same summer. I got to visit her in the hospital and it was so hard. Once I heard she died I was so upset but our family kind of knew it was going to happened. I still suffered over this because it was my first family member I had ever lost. The second time I suffered was when my Grandpa Tommy died. I suffered more with his death because it was totally unexpected. None of us knew it was going to happen. This was a little over a year after my Grandma Carol had died so it was really hard on not only me but my whole family. Even though these two times were really hard on my life it taught me how important family is and it brought our family closer.