"Ami, I want to tell you something, but before I do, I just want to let you know that everything is going to be okay." Those are the words my mother said to me just before she burst out into tears.
It turns out my mom was diagnosed with cancer. I hate that word, as do most people who have been so unfortunate to either have been stricken with the disease, or lost someone to it.
I have been affected by it,just as many have, two years ago I was devastated when my Grandpa Bev was taken from us prematurely due to bone cancer, one of the most painful I hear.
I was so confused as to what my mom was talking about, luckily my father was there to help her tell me. My mother had surgery about 3 or 4 weeks ago now to remove a lump in her breast, that wasn't thought to be cancerous. But it was exactly opposite!
This devastated my mom and our visit wasn't like it usually was, full of fun. I tried to stay strong but couldn't help but cry, afterall this is my best friend we are talking about!
My mom wasn't her usual self, she would burst out bawling while out and about, she barely ate a thing when we would go out to eat, and when she met my boyfriends parents for the first official time, she seemed sad and distant!
I prayed for her every night and I cried hard, but realized God will only give you what you can handle, and I know that she was going to pull through!
But just this last Wednesday my mother called me bawling, her test are clear! She is in the clear, they still, however, need to do a surgery to remove more tissue and check her nodes, but things are looking up!
My mom is back to her normal self! She has more life in her step then she ever has. And I am thankful, because I could never loose my mother, she is my rock, my best friend and the person I share my dreams with. Her unconditional love and support means the world to me!
-Thanks be to God.
B
