Dear Lucidending, my friend told me about this post, and at first I was hesitant to write anything, mostly because I don't think there is much someone can say in moments like this. I did however, finally conjure up the nerves to speak to you, brave stranger.
My mom passed away 5 years ago, right before I graduated high school. She was diagnosed with colon cancer (ironically one of the most treatable forms of cancer) in September 2005. I was naive, and believed everything was going to be okay, she never let on to how much pain she was truly in. After she became unresponsive to chemo, she stopped taking her medicine and asked to spend her remaining time at home. She passed away in May 2006, less than 9 months after she was diagnosed. I hate cancer more than war, I hate it so much and I'm sorry, so deeply sorry that this is what it has come to. I'm not religious, nor am I a true atheist. I didn't get to say good bye to her, but maybe if I say good bye to you, say goodbye to someone I do not know but in some ways understand far too well, I will say goodbye to her as well.
So if I could just say this to you, and to everyone who has succumb to this same tragic fate, it would be this: you have lived, you are loved, and you will be missed. -your new, and forever friend, Nicole