The Meeting That Changed My Life Essay

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The Things my Deceased Sister told me

First, I must tell you that I had a sister named Cindy. When we were young, people thought we were twins. She was 13 months older then me. About 23 years ago, she was diagnosed with cancer. They gave her 8 months to 5 years to live. She said she was going to prove them wrong and live longer. Well, she did exceed the 5 years by about 6 months. She passed away in October of 1995, at the age of 34. I still miss her and when I heard about a medium from Stroudsburg, who knew things that no one else would know, I called and made arrangements for her to come to my house. Mary Sbat said she didn't want to know anything about me, except my first name, or who I wanted to contact. I never told her that it

Some nights when I'm in bed, I talk to Cindy and tell her about my day. Cindy understands that I have

a lot to take care of right now. She decided to hang around and be here for me and help if she can. Maybe she's the reason that Dad didn't get hurt real bad the other Saturday. He was walking to my van in the parking lot at the grocery store. He was in the blue lined area for handicapped parking , when a lady hit him with her vehicle. She hit his upper left arm with her driver's side mirror. It pulled the mirror off her car. I took Dad home and had him put ice on it numerous times. It didn't even turn black and blue and it didn't even hurt him. We have a guardian angel. Mary talked with me for about 2 1/2 hours. During that time I was laughing and crying. It made me feel good to know that Cindy is feeling no pain and moving around with no problems. I'm very happy to know that I have another niece and that they are together. I'm happy that Cindy "kicked" me in the butt to go to college and get my degree. I'm thrilled to know that she is hanging around and helping when she can. I am glad that she is listening to me when I talk to her at night. This meeting made me feel good to be able to talk with my sister one more time and get her