Cancer! Cancer sucks. Cancer has been a part of my life since I was in the second grade. Cancer is something that keeps showing up in my life just when I thought it was leaving. My mom has been battling cancer since I was only 7 years old, just when I think my mom is getting better, cancer pops back up. It happened in sixth grade in freshman year of high school, and every couple of years. It happened again today, October 6th, 2014. My mom went to the doctor like she does every month; today was test result day, which meant praying all day. Today like every other test result day we found out the treatment she is on isn’t working and we have to try something new. Why my mom? Why do people get cancer? Why is the world unfair? These are all questions I always ask myself, but never my mom she accepts it and fights like hell, for my dad and I. I may seem cheerful and happy at all times, but life isn’t always easy and I always have the fear of losing my mom everyday. So everyday when people complain about little things in life I think there so many more important things then being late for school, failing a test, or missing your bus. Life is something we aren’t all promised. My mom always says, “Life is a gift that’s why it’s called the present.” That is the motto I live by everyday.
