October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Last year, my mother got the grim phone call, from her doctor, that she had breast cancer. The lump never grew, but never shrunk. She fought it for 6 months and it was finally taken out. She's been fighting it while I was still a senior in high school. She didn't bother telling me until I got out of school months later because she knew how much of a worrywart I am. If she did told me at the time, I would have never graduated from high school. At the time, everybody in my family except me knew. My mother told me that they found a lump, but it's not cancerous. She lied so I could concentrate on my studies and graduate. Oh, my God...*tears coming out*...I don't know what I'll do if that cancer spread all over her body and kills her, I don't know what I'd do. I'd probably wouldn't be here talking to y'all. If it wasn't for her, I would never be the person that I am today. My mother has become an inspiration to me. I would never trade her for anything in the world. She is my inspiration, my role model, my friend....my mother. Ladies, please make sure to check if you're good and healthy in order to live this harsh life.