Cancer is a word that nobody really likes to talk about but chances are, in this day and age, just about everybody knows somebody who has battled the awful disease.
Over the years I have lost grandparents and aunts and uncles to cancer. 9 years ago one of my favorite people passed away from cancer at the age of 48. She left behind 4 beautiful children and many friends who miss her dearly. Only weeks before, my dear father-law passed away from cancer as well. Then a few years later a great lady of the community and a cheer coach to my daughter and an inspiration to many was taken from this world all too soon....On August 2, 2017 my family came face to face with cancer when my mom was diagnosed with cancer. Since that day, our world has been a blur of doctors, hospital stays, medicines, many miles on the road and learning to do many things I didn't know I would ever need to know. I am by no means complaining!!! I would happily take the job of caretaker 1000 times over and my words cannot begin to express how proud I am of my mom for taking a diagnosis that slapped her in the face and wrestling it to the ground! You are a rockstar mom!!!! 💜
As I sat with mom today, as she was getting her 4+ hours of chemo, I just sat and quietly observed the many patients that were there for the very same reason.....If you ever think you are having a bad day, this place will make you grateful for your bad day. The patient next to mom was a 25 year old man in the prime of his life. His mother had recently lost her mother to cancer. She kept telling my sister how much our mom reminded her of her mom. When her dad popped in he was overwhelmed with emotion because his heart was struck by the similarities as well. They had been married for 62 years...The young man was later replaced with an elderly gentleman accompanied by his loving wife. I observed a young lady wandering up and down the halls that couldn't have been more than 20. I saw a boy being checked in by his father, I overheard his birth date---10/12/2003....13! 13 years old! My heart broke for him. The ugly truth of it is that Cancer does not care....it doesn't care about race, color, religion or gender. It doesn't care if you are young or old, or married. It doesn't care if you are a child, a parent, a sibling, husband, wife, father or mother.....Cancer simply does not care. I've come to realize that life is short. Don't waste it being petty, greedy or selfish. I encourage you to live your life loving one another as well as yourself. Every single one of us crave kindness and love....there is so much darkness in this world, don't be afraid to be a light......
"To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world!"
