My Cousin's Story

My nephew, Parker, wrote a story he entered into the Young Authors Competition through the state. He is eight years old. It is really sweet and I wanted to share it. These are his own thoughts and words.


One day my baby cousin came over and I could tell she was sick because she would not eat and she cried. A week later she went to the hospital. The doctors said that she had a brain tumor. She was suffering from it our family cried and cried. It was so agonizing to see my cousin sick and to see my aunt cry. It was so horrible. I felt like I was going to burst out in tears. My aunt and cousin came to live with us after she had a surgery and my parents set up a crib for her in our living room. My aunt stayed in the guest room. My cousin got really sick one night and was taken back to the hospital. She died a few days later on April 14, 2008 a few days before I turned six. My aunt was still living with us then she had a baby and my new cousin came to live with us too. I really loved my cousin and I remember her playing with her rattle when she was well. I hated to see her suffer. Every year my family goes to Duke Hospital and walks in Duke Gardens to raise money to fight brain cancer. Our family thinks of her every day and night, but we still stay strong. When I feel sad about it, I think of her in Heaven swimming in the blue diamond seas. This is my cousin's story.

Parker Williams

3rd grade

Raleigh-Wake Reading Council

PS He knows that Ty was born before Mer died, but the story was way too complicated to explain for at 3rd grader and in 300 words or less- but we know the order of the events.

Beth



(Parker is in the orange)