Friday, September 4, 2009

How do you deal with gossip?

I generally try to avoid gossip because I don’t like to listen to it. I hate it when people talk about me or spread rumors about me regardless if they are true or not. I think it can really hurt people and make them feel worthless or bad. It happens all the time, and nobody is excluded.
Do you know anyone who has died of a drug-overdose? Describe them. How has it affected you?

Yes, I have lost the most important person in my world to a drug-overdose. My mom died because of it. It destroyed me and is one of the very worst things that ever happened to me in my life. I loved her very much and she was one of the greatest people I ever knew. She cared so much for us kids, and did everything in her ability to take care of us. She was so thoughtful and generous even though the drugs made it hard for her to be her true self. She still tried to help everybody around her. She was not a bad person, but she just had a problem which eventually took away her life. No matter what mistakes she ever made, I will always love her. It has affected me in so many ways.

People always think that drugs only affect themselves but that’s not true. It affects everybody around you. Especially when something like that happens.

Nichole

4 comments:

katie said...

Nichole
I believe with your opinion on gossip. It always ends up as a bad situation. The section would have been better if you included an example of a friend or yourself just to prove your point further. The section about your mom was very sad but you included a lot of detail which was good. I am glad you can remember your mom in such a positive way and not for her mistakes. Keep writing
Katie

joey said...

Yes I hate people make rumors all over. Yes I have had someone die. And I'm sorry for friend.

nick said...

I think that gossip is stupid all it does is make people more made at others. I am sorry about your friend.

nick said...

That is good that you want to stay with your job for at least 3 months that is cool how you want to stay out of trouble.