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HONORING SENIORS
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          Senior                Senior                  Sarah Masten



                                                        Magnificent





                                                        Mammie









                                                        by Sawyer Jackson



                                                       Hospital, which was in     adversity. Mammie had been
                                                       Houston. While she and my   diagnosed with multiple sclerosis,
                                                       dad were away, my brother   which is a condition that can make it
                                                       and I needed a place to    difficult to walk, sometimes hindering
                                                       stay. Without hesitation,   movement completely. But Mammie
                                                       Mammie stepped in          never let her MS define who she was.
                   ords can’t describe how             and said that we should    She was diagnosed when my mom
                   much of an impact our      stay with her and my grandpa. My    and her sisters were still growing
         Wolder generation has on             grandparent’s house always felt like   up, and her MS often hampered
         young people. They bring us wisdom,   my second home, but now it became   her mobility, but she didn’t let her
         guidance and hope for our future.    our home away from home more        condition stop her. Eventually,
         When I think about who has impacted   than ever before. Every time we    she took medicine to combat her
         me the most in my life, I immediately   stayed at their house, she made my
         think of my grandparents. To be      brother and me feel comfortable
         more specific, I think of Sarah      and did her best to keep our minds
         Masten. Sarah Masten, or as I like   at ease. I will never forget the great
         to call her, “Mammie”, has shown     times my brother and I had there
         me unconditional love throughout     and the lasting lessons I learned.
         the entirety of my life and has been   I observed what it meant to be a
         instrumental in shaping me into the   humble host and how to put the
         young man I am today. She has shown   needs of others before yourself. My
         me how to show hospitality, how to be   grandma sacrificed her time and
         strong in all circumstances and how to   accommodated us without question
         be patient and loving with everyone.  or second thought. In the future, I
                                              hope that I get the opportunity to
         In the 6th grade, my Mom was         invite someone who may need it
         diagnosed with stage four thymoma    into my own home, so that I may be
         cancer. Being the naïve boy that I was,   able to show the same love to them
         I didn’t truly grasp the magnitude of   that my grandmother showed me.
         the situation until later in life. One
         thing my mom had to do while she     My Grandma has shown me how
         had cancer was to visit M.D Anderson   to be strong even when facing






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