AHS: Humans of Worcester

"What is your greatest fear?" "Spiders..." "Snakes..." "Sharks..."

(Karla Kahale)

~Sarah Kendrick

"What is the strangest thing that happened to you" "So I am walking down the street and this guy on a bike rides up on a bike. He has an american flag in a grocery bag that doesn't have groceries. He asks for some directions, then asks if he can borrow a phone, to which I say no. The weird part about about it is that he had a name tag on and his name was Jumanjii. " "Like the Robin Williams movie?" "Exactly like that" Jacob

What was the happiest moment in your life? “Let me think about this really good… I don't think I can combine it into one moment.” You can give me a couple. “The first moment would have to be when my sister was born, and I’m not just saying this because you're my sister but I still remember the day I found out that you were gonna be born. I was in first grade and mom and Nicola were picking me up from Mary D. Stone and Nicola blurted it out that mom was gonna have a baby and I had been begging her to adopt me a sister. And then there was the day you were born and I still remember when they went to the hospital and the babysitter put us to bed and our grandmother came home and told us that I had a sister. So that was a very happy moment in my life because I jumped up and down on the bed. And then another happy moment, I would have to say is when my mom finished her cancer treatment because I was so afraid of what we were all going through and I didn't know what to expect and on the last day when I felt that she did it and we did it, I felt like we could get through anything.” What is your biggest fear? “My biggest fear is death and losing anybody from my loved ones and i hope and i pray that some miracle happens that I won't have to go through that." Is there someone you lost that made you fear that? “Well as a younger child at 12 I lost my grandmother and that impacted me a lot as a child I felt I use to tell everybody about her because I was so close to her but I understood it was coming because she was sick but what really impacted me a lot was probably five years ago we lost a little girl that was related in our family to our aunt and it was a sudden death in a car accident. And I hate sudden deaths ever since I think those are the worst and I fear them the worst and you don't know what to expect and I feel everyday everyone should live their life as happy as they can be and I know we get mad at eachother sometimes but we have to remember to tell each other we love eachother no matter how mad you get at them because you don't know how much time you have left with them.” What age do you hope to live to? “I want everybody to live till 110! I don't want anybody to die or we all go together or we all stay together.” (Karla Kahale)

What was your greatest struggle in life? “That I came to this point. I started from nothing and I was able to build my business, my house, and I never thought I would get to the point where I am now. And one thing that I find my greatest struggle to be in my life even in 10 or 30 years from now is a maintaining your health and the fact you can’t really control what will happen to you.” How many years did it take you to establish your business? “About ten years, because I didn't take it seriously at first, and then I worked for about three to four years on myself and it worked from there.” Are you proud of yourself? “Am I proud of myself? I’m proud of myself, but… Yes, I’m proud of myself. Do you know why?” Why? “Because I, myself, worked until I got to the place I wanted to be and I’m proud because I use what I’ve established to help families in need, starving or with nothing, and there are people with millions of dollars who don’t help anyone and I'm a normal person and I’m happy I’m helping people.” (Karla Kahale)

"What was the greatest struggle in your life?" "My greatest struggle was my mother being sick in Ghana, and I was not able to care for her." "What influences does she have on you today?" "I am the woman I am today because of her. She was loving, caring, successful, and empathized with people." -Yaa Opoku-Agyeman

So the advice I'd give would come straight out of Proverbs - Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart;     do not depend on your own understanding. 6 Seek his will in all you do,     and he will show you which path to take. If I need to give a 'why' , I'd say that we humans get so caught up in the moment that many times we're not seeing clearly, but if we trust the Lord he will surely lead us through…  Hope that helps!! -Yaa Opoku-Agyeman 

1. What was the greatest struggle in you life? The greatest struggle in my life was when I moved to this country, I didn't know how to speak English, and that was the biggest struggle I faced, since I started my college when I came here I couldn't understand anything in college, I wasn't able to talk to anyone, when assignments were given to me I had a hard time completing them and I suffered a lot in my first year of college ,I felt so useless that I came here to make my future but I thought that I was never able to reach my goal ,and It was hard for me to adjust in the culture and try to fit in but fortunately I had my family with me and I got over the hard time with their support. 2. What was the happiest moment of your life? When I got my first pay check because it was the result of my hard work and I was able to live on my own with my money and enjoy my life. Roshani Patel

1. Was there ever a time in your life you felt hopeless? Yes there was a time in my life where I felt hopeless. I work in a hospital, last year I got a chance to see a chemo therapy and that was the time when I saw that patient going through so much pain, the lady was on her last stage suffering, hopeless knowing that she doesn’t have a lot of time, and that was the time I felt so hopeless because for me it was so hard to see that lady go through so much pain and I couldn’t do anything to save her life, the doctors were not able to save her. 2. What advice would give somebody? One advice that I would give somebody is that don’t ever give up on your dream do whatever it takes to achieve that dream. I think that if we do the hard work and put in the effort no one can stop you from reaching your goal. Roshani Patel

Sarah Kendrick

What do you want to be when you grow up? I would like to be a UFC fighter when I grow up and I believe that if I work hard enough in my youth, I can become a UFC fighter. However chances of being UFC fighter are really slim and I would have to be like a world champion in order to be accepted. If not UFC fighter I would like to work as a physical therapist. What advice would you give someone? Remember that whatever you want to do, always put your blood,sweat, honor and determination into it because without it you're never going to reach your goal. Roshani Patel

"Yes, I spent four years in college studying environmental Biology, and then I got to my senior spring and realized I didn’t really wanna do that for the rest of my life…" -Matt Contois

"Oh yeah, many, many times, I learned the hard way, well, I think part of the human experience, is that you operate on an emotional level and a cognitive level, with your heart and your mind. You know ? It’s difficult to follow ones own advice. I think it’s too bad that God didn’t make us younger and wise instead of getting older and wise, because life would be alot easier. But maybe that’s why we’re here, to learn these lessons." -Matt Contois

"So that piece of advice is very contrary to human nature, uhm, we’re extremely selfish beings, that’s just kinda the way we are. So any time I feel as though I’m under attack or in a stressful situation, to where I can’t handle it, it’s pretty easy to revert to what’s natural, so it’s actually kind of hit or miss on following my advice, so no specific time, because it happens all the time. It’s just a matter of when." -Matt Contois

Can I take a picture of you for my English project? "Why? To show why you shouldn't party your whole life? Hahaha" What is your biggest struggle in life? "Trying to make everyone happy." When do you find yourself trying to make everyone happy? "whenever anything is asked upon me. You know, when they ask me to do things. Whether it's in my job description or not I try to help everyone." -Katie Ruzzoli