Breast Cancer: A Short Story

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The view was remarkable. The sun was peering over the horizon, casting a warm, rosy glow. The mountains were a rich green, they were the churning, passionate green that the ocean turned during a storm. The kind of green that thrusts out of the gritty snow to remind you that spring is coming. I felt the crisp, careless wind run through my hair while thinking that I never wanted to leave this ravishing place. All good things must come to an end I guess, but that didn't change the fact that I didn't want to leave. I didn't want to face reality. I didn't want to face the fact that the most important woman in my life was going to die. When my mom first was diagnosed with cancer all I wanted was an answer. Was she going to get better or not? But now that I know what's going to happen, I wish I didn't. I can't stand the fact of living life without her. “Paige let's get going,” I looked back, my uncle was getting in our car and my younger brother Will was already in it. I breathed in the last sliver of mountain air I was going to have in a while. The last sliver of paradise. I walked to the car slowly, taking in the astonishing view before having to go back home, where life …show more content…

That was all I could think about on the car ride home. It had been two years since my mom was diagnosed with cancer. And boy, it had been a hard two years. The doctors had recently told us that my mom wasn't going to live, that she was going to die soon. That was the first time I had ever seen my dad cry. I clearly remember him trying to hold back the tears, trying to stay strong. However he couldn't help it, tears raced down his face and his eyes became red and swollen. Life was tough at home, so my uncle thought it would be a good idea to take me and my brother Will camping for a weekend. My dad agreed and let us go. It was a fun weekend, but now I had to go back home to my mom. I had to spend time with mom before she was gone,

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