The Obituary Assignment

Last Friday, we were assigned to write our obituaries for my Mass Media and Society class. When Mr. Chambers told us of the assignment I was kind of reluctant to completing it because who honestly wants to think about dying at such a young age. I continuously procrastinated this assignment for two reason the mere thought of death bothers me I mean I am not scared of it because I know everybody has to leave this earth one day, but its just a subject I'd rather leave ALONE. Secondly, because no less than two weeks ago I lost a very close cousin to cancer and I am still trying to get through that. However, I managed to work through my issues and began my obituary. While preparing to write my obituary, I called my mother to help me through this paper and all she could say was "Tell your professor I said, I don't like this one single bit." Once, she cracked a few jokes and read some old obituaries to me over the phone I was able to get through my own. This assignment has really opened my eyes because I have now set a standard for myself and the life that I want to live by. As one of my fellow classmates said today "I don't want what I wrote in my obituary to just be something I made up what I wrote is what I want to happen." That's exactly the way I feel about the details of my life in my obituary I want those things to happen...correction I AM going to make those thing happen.