Hello everyone! You may or may not have noticed... it's been a while since I last posted. Things have been crazy this summer as college has been quickly approaching.
My best friend and I have separated to join each others rivalry school. Oooooo! I know. But! We still always want to keep in touch and keep our friendship alive and updated while we are away. So! We came up with an idea to keep each other posted. We created our own blog. For now check my updates on that blog until further notice. I will be writing and updating you on my life from there. We thought our story would make an interesting blog, so watch as we write and let us know you're thoughts.
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Love you very much and thanks for all the love and support!
So long for now,
Cozie
P.S. This was the lastest thing I wrote. Posted on a wonderful website: mpowergen.com. Hope you enjoy one more bit of happiness and joy from my memory bank. :)
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I’ve always known in my life that whatever I end up doing, I want it
to help other people. I’ve always wanted to be able to use my stories
and my life experiences to help others. So starting a blog was a big
deal for me. Displaying my life to the world is serious! Everyone can
see it. Which is exactly why I tell my stories. Being asked to write
for this blog is a great privilege and I am extremely grateful for
this opportunity. In this restricted amount of time and space I have
to spend on this post, I hope you find something that can touch you
and empower you.
Throughout my life so many things have happened to me, both incredible
and terrible. But so far, one specific event truly changed my life
forever, thanks to a girl named Baylee.
Through my skating so many wonderful things happened to me, one of
which was a sponsorship by Global Brands McDonalds. And because of
this came more opportunities. My most memorable event happened when I
was about 12 or 13, when McDonalds asked my sister and me to skate for
the patients at the Ronald McDonald House of Manhattan. They brought
us out to New York and we got to put on an entire Christmas show of
just the two of us. Afterwards, the patients and their families were
allowed on the ice for games and socializing. I remember coming out
as everyone was skating and my eye was immediately drawn to one little
girl: Baylee. She was against the wall with her mom holding her hand
for balance. She was so tiny and appeared so frail with her several
layers of clothing, face mask, and a pink hat covering her bald head.
Something told me I needed to talk to her. So I skated over and
introduced myself.
I later found out from her mom that she had been diagnosed with
Leukemia when she was little and had gone through several bone marrow
transplants. After we skated, and I talked more with Baylee off the
ice, I realized this little eight-year-old girl had so much more to
teach me than I did her. She told me so much about her life, and how
hard things have been, but that she knows it was all part of a greater
plan for her. She had faith that no matter where life took her or how
hard things got, everything was going to be okay. She had more love
and more light than any person I have ever met. From that day on, I
knew that I wanted to find that kind of spirit inside myself.
Since then, Baylee has passed into another world, but her spirit has
always been with me as I strive to find the meaning in my life and
find my own light.
This story has served as a reminder throughout my life since then,
giving me hope in any hard situation. Now I live my life always
putting things in a greater perspective. This has given me so much
purpose and light in my life. I had no idea one person can bring so
much joy and enlightenment in someone’s life, and I know that as much
as I helped Baylee that day, she forever changed me. I live and write
everyday because of her. She’s my little inspiration! I only hope that
I can use my life to affect others, as she did to change me.
“Most folks are happy as they make their minds up to be.”
-Abraham Lincoln
Cosette H.
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