In a personal essay, you are going to explain why - similar to Lou Gehrig - you yourself have good reason to count yourself lucky...

Here are some ideas to get you started:

family

friends

food

clothes

bed

education

able to move freely (no physical handicaps)

Describe, using the different senses, why you are a lucky human being. What do you see, hear, taste, smell, topuch, do that makes the world so wonderful? Use DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE, GOOD DETAIL (LOTS OF ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS)

I am able to see....

I can touch...

I smell...

I hear...

I taste...

I can...

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