" MY MOM"

ITS BEEN A ROUGH TIME FOR US LATELY ESPECIALLY FOR MY MOM.

WHEN WE RECEIVED THE NEWS 2WEEKS AGO THAT MY MOTHER'S CANCER HAD RETURNED IT WAS HEART WRENCHING FOR US .

I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE ALL THE THOUGHTS THAT RAN THROUGH HER HEAD THAT DAY.

THE DOCTORS WEREN'T VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IT EITHER AND THEY DIDN'T SUGAR COAT ANYTHING FOR US AT ALL.

THEY GAVE HER 2 OPTIONS:

1. SHE COULD HAVE SURGERY BUT IT WILL BE ONE HELL OF A DRASTIC ONE WHICH CONSISTS OF THE REMOVAL OF HER ENTIRE TONGUE AND VOICEBOX.

WHICH MEANT THAT SHE WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO EVER TALK AGAIN, AND ALSO THE REMOVAL OF PART OF HER JAW AND REPLACING IT WITH A PIECE OF HER LEG OR ARM BONE.

WHICH SHE AUTOMATICALLY SAID NO!

AND WE AS HER FAMILY AGREE...

AND OPTION #2

IS CHEMOTHERAPY WITH PAIN MEDICATION.

BUT NEITHER WILL MAKE THE CANCER GO AWAY.

CHEMO WILL ONLY REDUCE THE GROWTH OF THE CANCEROUS TUMOR IN HER MOUTH AND PROLONG HER STAY HERE ON EARTH AND LITTLE BIT LONGER BUT IT WILL STILL BE THERE.

BUT MY MOM BEING THE FIGHTER THAT SHE IS HAS DECIDED THAT SHE WILL GO THROUGH CHEMO ONCE MORE BUT IF SHE IS NOT ABLE TO HANDLE IT THEN SHE WILL PUT A STOP TO IT.

WHICH IS A GOOD CHOICE BECAUSE IT SHOWS US THAT SHE IS WILLING TO FIGHT FOR HER LIFE REGARDLESS OF WHAT COMES HER WAY!

BUT ONLY GOD KNOWS HER END AND WHEN IT WILL BE.

UNTIL THEN WE ARE JUST LETTING HER AND GOD BE!

MY MOTHER'S TIME FRAME:

THIS IS WHAT MY BROTHER HAD WRITTEN DOWN ON A PIECE OF PAPER

IT SAYS: "MAYBE WITH NO TREATMENT FOR 1 YEAR/MEANING 1/2 TO LIVE.

IM SO GLAD I CAUGHT THIS PICTURE OF MY MOM SMILING BECAUSE IT'S VERY RARE WHEN SHE SMILES NOW-A-DAYS....

SHE OFTEN SITS AND PONDERS LIFE!