Journal+6

There are certain illnesses in my family that almost everyone has. Every one of my dads five brothers and sister has some degree of skin cancer. My grandmother died of skin cancer about two days before my birthday a couple years ago. And the year after that a certain family friend that had always felt so a part of the family, almost like an uncle, died the day before my birthday. Great birthdays, right? But that’s only on my dads side, my moms is another story. My mom comes from a background of people with bad backs and sight. I already have o wear contacts and my grandmother is currently going blind. I forget what the illness is called but I believe it skips a generation, so that means me or one of my brothers are likely to get it. Plus, her family has really bad back problems. Since me and my brothers are so into sports, that’s not a whole lot of great news for us. So that’s how awesome my family is, I get to look forward to either a type of skin cancer or back pains or even blindness! Woo hoo!