could never happen. Luckily she survived her journey and won her fight and has been able to

stay with me and my family. Watching my mom go through what she did was not easy for me. It

made an unforgettable memory and a hard lesson that I will never forget.

As I take a trip back through memory lane, when I found out my mother was diagnosed

with skin cancer, I remember not knowing what it was or how harmful it could be. It was like

she just got the flu or something. As time went by I began to understand the illness and the more

I understood it the more it hurt me inside. It wasn’t easy knowing my mother had six months to

live. I was always there for her and I would perform any duties that needed to be done to help

her. She never stayed in the hospital and I never asked why. Well, now that I think of it, she

might have and I just don’t remember. I do remember her laying in her bed for nearly two years.

She was treated with chemotherapy and it caused her to be very weak and sleepy. There were

times when I had to feed her and she would fall asleep with food in her mouth. She acted as if

My mom is a very strong person and she can do anything she sets her mind to. I think this

takes one time. One time to damage the mole on my skin that is going to react and turn to

and had a lot going for her. She had a stable marriage, with three daughters, and lived in a very

is why she survived. Even though the doctor gave her six months to live, we watched years go by

it my whole life. Why now do I so badly want it different. It isn’t really an issue to me anymore

you. Something that happens to someone close to you can make all the difference in your life. It

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