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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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