I have a relationship with my mom that most people don't have with there mothers. My mom to me is my best friend in the whole world.
My mom came in the door after being at work all day on February 22, 2007. I had been waiting on her to get home so that I could tell her about my day. I started to talk to her like there was nothing wrong. She had told me that she had been feeling a lump in her breast for a couple days and that she was trying to wait to see if the lump would just disappear but it hadn't. I told her that was odd and that she should maybe see a doctor.
My mom had agreed and said she had made an appointment to go see the doctor in a week. I kept telling myself and my mother that it is probably just a cyst and to not worry about it, that everything is going to be alright. She had been waiting a few days for those results after the surgery. My brother, Stepfather and I had been too. My mom came home after work with a disappointed look on her face. My mom was told she had breast cancer. I felt like my heart stopped beating at that moment.
I even catch myself in moments that I just cry because I know that my mom didn't deserve to have this happen to her. Although, who really deserves to have any kind of cancer. I never thought my mom, my best friend and hero, would have to fight for her life at this age and time. This changed my life in so many ways. I can only hope and pray that things will get better within time.
Hoschton, GA