| MY EULOGY My 1st assignment for Speech 251 was to write a eulogy for ourselves and present it to class.
I must say that I had a hard time writing about myself as if I no longer existed.
I know my earthly existence here is only temporary until God calls upon me But I know I have so much more to experience and live for. We are here to celebrate the life of Nicole Rosete. She was born on the 6th of May 1987, at 3:28 a.m., at Queens Medical Center to Carol and George Rosete. Nicole grew up in Kailua, enjoying the little things in life such as feeding the ducks in their back yard, playing in the rain with her red gloshes and playing dress-up with her sister, cousins and friends using her grandmother’s clothes. I remember one time when Nicole and her little sister decided to try and catch a goose they had found in their backyard. They had mistaken it for a really big duck and both of them ran back to the house screaming at the top of their lungs because the goose decided to chase after them. Nicole was always full of life and energy, smiling at people passing by and was always eager to learn something new. Before Nicole’s mom had to return to dialysis treatment for her lupus in 1991, she took Nicole on her first trip to Disneyland with her Uncle Edward. While in their hotel room one night, Nicole threw a tantrum when her mom ordered cheese pizza instead of pepperoni, even though Nicole was only going to throw the pepperoni in the trash. When Nicole reached the age of 10, she and her family moved to Kapolei on the Leeward side of Oahu, where Nicole would go on to appreciate the value of an education and form life lasting friendships. As Nicole entered high school, she immersed herself in her studies, school clubs, swimming and water polo along with trying to care for her mother. Nicole never shunned away from a person in need. She was always willing to help her friends with their problems at 2 in the morning, teachers with errands and volunteered at Queens Medical Center and the YMCA where she came to love caring for children. Regardless of what life threw at her, Nicole was able to face the problem with a smile head on because she understood that no matter how bad life seemed, she knew she was better off than most. Nicole always tried to look at life optimistically because she knew God would show her the way. She went on to graduate cum laude in 2005 as a part of Kapolei High School’s second graduating class and started her college career at Leeward Community College to pursue a degree in elementary education. A year later, Nicole began working at Kalei’opu’u Elementary School as an A+ Leader under Kama ‘aina Kids. Each day she went to work, trying to make a positive impact in every child’s life whether it would be through helping them with homework, teaching them to tie their shoes, or just making them smile after they’ve had a bad day. However, God had other plans for Nicole when he took her on that fateful January 5, 2007. Although she leaves behind a loving family, friends and boyfriend, Nicole left us with 19 years of wonderful memories of her smile, compassion, faith, love and Kua ‘Aina fries with sugar and green tobasco sauce. Nicole would not want us to dwell on her passing but to remember the life she lived because she knew life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away long before Will Smith said so. |
