My Memoir

            One experience that has played a huge role in my life is my mom getting diagnosed with breast cancer. I was always close to my mom we use to watch movies all the time when I was younger. When she got told that she had breast cancer the whole family was scared for her. My mom is the nicest person in the world how could this happen to her. Watching my mom go through that was one the scariest things I had to do. Even though it was scary it did bring my family closer together. After what seemed like forever my mom final got some good news.

            When I was a little kid my mom and I were very close. As I was growing up we weren’t as close as we use to be. About three years ago my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was a very scary and emotionally thing to deal with. I was upset that I wasn’t as close to her as I use to be. Her getting diagnosed made me grow up so much and appreciate everything she does a lot more.  I was scared to think I could lose my mom I love her. We took every day one step at a time. Each day had their own battles to go through but we mad it though them all together.

This tragedy also brought my family closer together. Since my mom couldn’t clean and do the chores around the house my sister, my dad and me started do all the chores that had to be done. We didn’t want my mom to worry about it. We want to make her happy because she was going through a lot. She loved having a clean house but since she was going through chemo she couldn’t do everything she wanted to. She would help us as much as could but we never expected her to. We always wanted her to just take it easy we would handle it. She didn’t like to feel useless that is why I think she would want to do even just the littlest bit around the house if she could. Also through everything she didn’t miss a lot of work. I don’t know how she did it but we were proud of her.

After a few months of chemo she got some of the best news, that she didn’t have cancer anymore. They told her to continue keeping an eye on things because she does have a good chance it could come back. At first I was so happy and thought it was too good to be true, but it was. I was also scared for a while that it was going to come back, but it hasn’t and I hope it never does. My mom does deserve to go through that again. It might have been hard in the family, but it was defiantly hardest on her. My family and I thank God every day for not taking my mom from us. I don’t know where my family would be without her she keeps everything together and running smooth. My mom is like the glue that holds the family together. She always does as much as she can for my family no matter what.

This experience defiantly changed my life. It made me appreciate everything in life a lot more then I use to. It also showed me that family can get through anything if they stick together. Even though we weren’t as close as I was getting older I still loved her and she was always there when I need her. My mom having cancer was the biggest thing my family ever had to deal with, but we all made it through. When mom told me that the doctor said everything looked good I thought it was too good to be true.