I Love You Mommy!

My mom is an overly protective parent because she lost her mother when she was only 3 years old; her mother figure was my grandpa. 6 months within her pregnancy, doctors made her go on bed rest, because her health and body was very fragile that she can put me in danger. Thanks for the care from nurses and doctors, I was born very healthy.

My mom and I are close; all I can remember growing up was just the 2 of us, don’t get me wrong my dad was in the picture, but didn’t really play a huge part, maybe because I was so close to my mom that all my early good memories are with her. The reason I don’t remember my dad much at an early age is because he moved to Japan for 2 years trying to get residency for us to move there, but unfortunate that didn’t really work out. So now we are here in the sunny California.

2008 was a hard year for my family; my mom was diagnosed with Bladder Cancer, she went through radiation and chemotherapy like a champ. It was very hard for me to see her suffer that I ran away from it and my dad took care of her through that tough time…thank you dad for getting her back to healthy. I’m extremely saddened that I wasn’t strong enough to face the hard time, but not once my mom complained and blamed me for not taking care of her, for that I’m truly grateful.

A bomb dropped again beginning of this year; doctors found a growing tumor next to the renal hilum, biopsy results came back positive for recurrent cancer.  WHY??? I’m asking myself over and over, every night I cry myself to sleep hoping and praying for my mom’s health, and wondering why is this happening to her. She has never done anything bad or wrong, she’s the happiest, nicest and quietest person you’ll ever meet, and she doesn’t smoke or drink and swear. WHY DO BAD THINGS ALWAYS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE? This time I promised myself to take good care of her and spend more time with her, even though it hurts me to see her suffer with this nasty disease. She’s currently going through 5 weeks of radiation and 2 times of chemotherapy treatments, fighting this battle once again.

Not many knows about the situation I’m going through; however, I feel that I’m ready to open up. I’m only asking for one thing, PLEASE PLEASE…keep my mom in your prayer. My family will be very much appreciated, thank you very much from the bottom of my heart!