"My Disable Cousin" by Israel A.

Problems... everybody has them. Some problems are not even really problems they are just moments that we don't get what we want. In school I hear complains about how their ipod was stolen and they're going to get in trouble with their parents. Kids cutting themselves for no reason, just trying to follow the crowd. Kids ruining their lifes by doing drugs because they want to be "cool" or because they want to get away from their "problems" instead of facing them. People don't appreciate little things in their lifes like being able to see, speak, touch, walk, run, play or the simple fact of being abel to see another day. As we grow up we discover there's more to life than just us. We become aware of the bigger issues in the world, such as, war, abortion, disease, poverty, disability, ect. One real problem that I'm aware of is disability.
My aunt and uncle are doing so bad with money right now. They can barely feed my little cousin Danny, I feel very sorry for him. He is only 7 and he can't walk. He was born disabled, so he has to go to school on a wheel chair. When he tries to walk, I can see in his face that he really wants to walk, but he can only walk a few steps. When he gets up and walks he turns red as if he were blushing, and as he continues his legs shake and then he falls. I cried the first time the doctors told us that he wasn't going to be able to walk for the rest of his life. But you know what they say, miracles can happen and this is one miracle that I want to happen.
His dad never listens to my dad or uncles. He has been to the hospital about three times, do to drugs, and the doctors said the next time he goes he is going to die. We told him to stop doing that, at least for his son, but he doesn't listen. My parents were going to sent him to some weird facilities, but he didn't want to. He said he would to stop and he did, for a while, but then he went at it again. So, who knows what is going to happen, hopefully my little cousin can start walking soon.