NEGU
Never Ever Give Up
Dedicated to JR Burnette, a boy who Never Ever Gave Up.
*Soon after JR passed away, Hot Springs High School in Truth or Consequences, NM had as many kids as they could wear blue or their Team JR t-shirts and organized this! See JR, you made such an impact on these kids’ lives! What an amazing guy!!
When you go through struggles in your life, do you push through to get to the other side? Or do you give up and hope everything turns out for the best? If you answered no to the first question and yes to the second I’d like to share with you a story. Even if your answer was yes and no, I want you all to read this blog with an open heart and mind because this is a story of a very special boy that never ever gave up. So please, read on, and share with your friends because this boy made an impact on not only my life, but in every single person’s life that he was apart of. This is a story about a boy who fought for his life.
Now we all know what cancer is right? Well if you don’t, I’ll tell you. Cancer is an abnormality where cell division just does not regulate well and over produces cells in a certain area causing tumors. Some cancer is not that bad and can be controlled but some cancer takes lives. Let’s just say it, cancer sucks. I’ve now lost two people who were special to me because of cancer. See now about this boy, he was 13 when he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer. The doctors had to amputate on the infected arm but the cancer had already spread to his lungs and brain. Regardless, this boy never gave up and fought through the cancer. He went through several rounds of chemotherapy and tried his best to live life as any normal teenage boy would. JR Burnette touched so many lives, including mine.
JR had such a great outlook on life! Whenever they diagnosed him with cancer, he never felt sorry for himself. JR always tried to look on the bright side of things and always encouraged other to never ever give up. Over time, that saying, never ever give up (NEGU), has become a slogan for our community.
*This is a screen shot of what someone put on Instagram a couple days after JR’s passing. It really warmed my heart to know that these kids really did care for JR. These words are so true.
I encourage you all to take JR’s positive outlook, even after things go awry, to never ever give up, because JR never did! I hope this story inspires you to never ever give up! Though we all go through rough times in life, I believe that certain people are put on Earth to encourage others and use their own life to set an example to others and I believe that JR was put on this Earth to do just that. He encouraged others and set such a great example to everyone and anyone he met!
JR, you will never be forgotten! You may have be gone, but you will NEVER be forgotten! You never ever gave up so neither will I! Just for you buddy!!
Remember to Never Ever Give Up!
Always,
Grace Baquera
