THEME: “What Helps Me Live a Joyful Life in Spite of Kidney Disease?”
Winners of the 7th Annual Essay Contest
Strawberry – 1st Place Winner, 7th Annual Essay Contest
Pema Chodron, an American Buddhist nun, tells the story of a woman being chased through the jungle by tigers. She comes to the edge...
For the Love of the Game – 2nd Place Winner, 7th Annual Essay Contest
“Hey, batter, batter, SWING!” These are some beautiful words to my ears. I’ve been a hemodialysis patient for fourteen years, but, more importantly, I’ve...
Dancing in the Rain – 3rd Place Winner, 7th Annual Essay Contest
I was born in 1934 in the middle of the first big depression. We had very little in the way of toys or things...
Find Time to Play – Junior Achievement Award, 7th Annual Essay Contest
When I was 5 years old the doctors discovered that both of my kidneys were not working and I had to have surgery to...