Breast Cancer: A Short Story

It all started on a bright morning of summer fun. I woke up, brushed my teeth and got ready to

begin the day. My mother, Celine who is a beautiful, loud, hard-working women I look up to.

She is working for Union Bank and has been for the past 7 years. My mom came up to

me and asked if I would like to go with her at an event she was attending that day and

without hesitation I said “of course mom I would love to”. This particular event was a fundraiser

to help raise awareness for women who suffered breast cancer. For the fundraiser my Mom and I

packed book, dvds, and clothing we had in the garage and weren’t using so thought the best was

to sell all these items. As we drove through traffic it was so hot I felt like a sauna.

I had set a goal for myself and that was to show people, when you don’t

believe in yourself others do. I had planned out that I’m going to play for a women’s retreat camp

that my mom was attending. It’s the day of performance and I had so many things going through

my mind. I was over thinking it too much and at the last moment I was so close to failing and

not achieving my goal until I remember my mom saying. “I believe in you honey”. Those words

I will remember for the rest of my life. I’m walking on stage in front of forty women thinking to

myself. “How did I get here?” Excited and nervous at the same time I plugged in and tested my

guitar making sure it was on tune, I began playing a beautiful song called Oceans by Hillsong.

Looking out into the crowd, I see my mom and my friends and it brought so much joy to me just

seeing how much music can bring people together. As I finish off by playing the last few chords

I began thinking to myself that a year ago I never knew what a guitar was and now here I am on

stage playing in front of forty women who some I don’t know and I see them so in-depth with the

music I’m playing.

As time goes by I’m becoming better and more