Personal Narrative: My Mother With Lung Cancer

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In July of 2014 my mother was diagnosed with lung cancer. Less than a year later, my mother passed away. When my mother passed in June of 2015 I decided I would take a semester off of school to offer guidance to my younger siblings. Within three weeks of my mom’s passing there was a falling out between my father and my siblings. This was due to my dad becoming involved with another women. He spent the majority of his time at her house. After losing our mom and having our dad constantly neglect my two younger siblings and my needs we quickly found comfort at our older sister’s house. My younger sister and I moved in with my her while my younger brother stayed with my dad. My older sister has three daughters so I moved in with my uncle to prevent

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