I will never be able to erase the look on my son's face from my memory when I walked into the exam room and he said, "Mom, I have cancer." Even though he was a 26-year-old man, he looked like a very scared little boy.
I had watched my father die of colon cancer three and a half years before this, so the fear I felt was almost unbearable.
It was hard to watch my father go through this, but now that this was my child - the playing field had changed.
As a family, we stayed strong and encouraged him through the surgery and three months of chemo.
I am very grateful to God that I still have my son, but I will forever carry with me the memory of the look on his face. That is why I relay.
Every year I see the smile on his face as he walks the Survivor's lap, I am overwhelmed with joy and thankfulness.
When I go out and fund-raise for Relay for Life, I always tell people I am a mother on a mission!!
I have lost many important people in my life to cancer, I relay in their honor.
I have watched my son be saved because of the progress they have made against cancer, so I also relay out of thankfulness.
But the main reason I relay is in the hopes that someday, no mother will have to see that look on their child's face.
~Roberta
10/8/2010
I had watched my father die of colon cancer three and a half years before this, so the fear I felt was almost unbearable.
It was hard to watch my father go through this, but now that this was my child - the playing field had changed.
As a family, we stayed strong and encouraged him through the surgery and three months of chemo.
I am very grateful to God that I still have my son, but I will forever carry with me the memory of the look on his face. That is why I relay.
Every year I see the smile on his face as he walks the Survivor's lap, I am overwhelmed with joy and thankfulness.
When I go out and fund-raise for Relay for Life, I always tell people I am a mother on a mission!!
I have lost many important people in my life to cancer, I relay in their honor.
I have watched my son be saved because of the progress they have made against cancer, so I also relay out of thankfulness.
But the main reason I relay is in the hopes that someday, no mother will have to see that look on their child's face.
~Roberta
10/8/2010
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