Marrow

There comes a moment in everyone's life that changes you, whether it be for the better or for the worse.  Whichever way it changes, your life will never again be the same.  In my life, that moment is when a very close friend came to me with serious problems.  The problems that this person was telling me about made mine feel like little pebbles compared to a giant boulder that they had to deal with on a daily basis.  I never realized just how good I had it until someone came to me with worse problems.  I now look up to this person as a symbol of strength and determination.  The tragedies they have had to go through in their lifetime like losing their parents, being separated from siblings, and constantly being put down by their foster parents and still being able to have a genuine smile on their face amazes me.  My problems go away relatively quickly while they live with theirs for a long time.  This is the marrow of my life.