Sebastian with his mom
If I remember correctly, my mom was diagnosed with colon cancer around 2016-2017. I had just started middle school, still a kid fresh out of elementary, and being told that your mom had cancer is something no child should ever have to face.
At first, it was overwhelming. Panic, fear, confusion. Honestly, I didn’t believe it was real. But my mom was different. she never gave up. She stayed hopeful, and I think it’s because she knew how deeply she was loved and how many people were standing by her, ready to support her no matter what.
Anonymous
When my dad got diagnosed with Lymphoma for the second time my sophomore year of high school, my world felt like it was over. I would scour medical sites looking up death rates and life spans of people with the same disease sending my mind into a spiral. I thought my life was over, but I could show my little siblings or my mom how much this was affecting me. I stopped eating and stopped playing soccer. The only thing I did was go to school and sleep, becoming an endless cycle of depression.
My uncle noticed I was off and told me something that forever changed my life: “you don’t want someone’s…