AIDS

Jessica Lizzio My cousin Christopher was 16 years old when he died. Christopher had been fighting the disease known as AIDS throughout his life, and I didn’t know. I had always known when I was young that Christopher was sick in some way. His right hand was malformed and he had to receive a variety of injections each day from his mother. But as young as I was, I was never afraid of Chris or …

…he didn’t get to fulfill his dreams. I want to fulfill my dreams and take advantage of my life and time here on earth, so any opportunity that comes my way, I take it to the max. No matter is I am 16 or 61, whether I am at the peak of my health or suffering from cancer, I should take advantage of my life and live it to the fullest and Chris taught me this.