Describe a time that you felt sad? It’s so hard to remember those hard moments, especially that I felt so rumourous. So, it was a year ago that I had lost my friend through cancer. And, you know, we’ve been childhood friends, best friends. Let’s say we had spent most of our times playing together, we had eating together, and we had slept together because our parents were cousins. So, we have mostly spent our time together. Her name was Sarah. And a year ago, she was diagnosed with cancer. She had never told anybody. She had just kept it secret until we had discovered that she had already developed cancer. It was the moment that I felt so different. It’s the kind of feeling that you’re going to lose that precious thing of yours. It’s a precious thing that you had kept on regard. But there’s one moment, one click, and you’re going to lose that person. Yes, and I had discovered that she had cancer the last because they had never told me that. Because they think that I would just traumatize me. So, we had spent the same. We have never told her that she has cancer because we told her she’s ill, but we never told her till the last time. We had spent our time together more and more. But since that moment, since I lost her through cancer, I’ve never smiled. I’ve never felt happy anymore because there was only one thing that kept me on earth. But I’ve lost that. I’ve lost that thing. So, I’ve never felt that sadder that time. But now I’m so alone, I have no one that I could tell my secrets, that I could share the best moments. I’m all alone. I’m sure that I’m going to meet her on heaven.
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Describe a time that you felt sad? It's so hard to remember those difficult moments, especially since I felt so rumorous. It was a year ago that I lost my friend to cancer. You know, we were childhood friends, best friends. We spent most of our time playing together, eating together, and sleeping over because our parents were cousins. So, we mostly spent our time together. Her name was Sarah. A year ago, she was diagnosed with cancer. She never told anybody; she kept it a secret until we discovered that she had already developed cancer. It was the moment that I felt so different. It's the kind of feeling that you're going to lose something precious. It's a precious thing that you held dear. But there's one moment, one click, and you're going to lose that person. Yes, I discovered that she had cancer at the end because they never told me. They thought it would traumatize me. We spent the same time together. We never told her that she had cancer; we told her she was ill, but we never told her until the last time. We spent more and more time together. But since that moment, since I lost her to cancer, I've never smiled. I've never felt happy again because there was only one thing that kept me on earth, and I've lost that. I've never felt sadder than that time. But now I'm so alone; I have no one to tell my secrets to, no one to share the best moments with. I'm all alone. I'm sure that I'm going to meet her in heaven.
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