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Prolong

       Since I was little, I've always believed in one thing, Success Through Hardwork. Being the first child in a poor family of seven, nothing ever came easily for me. My parents, tried the hardest to make life easier for I and my four sisters, then when things started getting better, they had an accident. Father died, mother was crippled for life after both her knees were crushed, and I quickly realized that their responsibilities had fallen on my shoulders.

        Fending for the family was a brutal task, with unreliable friends and selfish relatives, a depressed crippled mother, and four little sisters, the world wasn't getting any rounded, but I had to see things the other way, so with a smile, strong will and unshakable perseverance I took the world by surprise.

Fighting tooth, nail and brick, I made it through preschool, highschool and college, thanks to my unique memory, I graduated with double honor's in linguistics and accounting, all the while catering to the needs of my family.

       Things started getting better after I got an official first job, followed by my own business firm, soon a house for mom and my personal apartment, then reality struck again...mom fell sick.

After the accident she slowly fell into depression, turning to drugs and alcohol for relief, soon the cigars followed, I tried to stop her, we all did, but when she finally gave up on them, it was too late.

The battle with CADs - Conorary Artery Disease, was the next chapter of our lives, after two awful years of struggle, she gave up, we had lost another parent, whose role I had to fill. Life continued, through bitter work my firm grew into a reknowed company, catering to the needs of my siblings became an easy task, I even fancied myself in love... several times. Finally I had seen, fought, and conquered, little did I know that fate had a something else in store for me.

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      On a cold september evening, after a hard days work, cool bath and simple dinner, I was getting ready for bed when a glow tearing through the night clouds caught my attention, I strolled to the window, enraptured by it, only to find it was a comet. Though a bit disappointed, I still forced a smiled at the beautiful light in the sky, reminding me of myself, how far I'd come, and how far I still had to go. Tired of watching the comet, I returned to bed, with a simple prayer on my lips...