It’s not that the “love yous” weren’t there before the cancer started, they were just not spoken as much.  Cancer has made it easier to express the way I feel towards you.  Just like a mother that doesn’t want anything bad for her children, I feel the same towards you.  I wish I could take some of your pain away from you just to make you feel a little better.  I would even take the cancer for a week just so you would have a week of a normal life again.  I know this is not possible so I say to you “the treatments will be over before you know it.”  Just like anything in life, as you get older you realize how fast life really goes.  You will look back on this 6 months of treatment and realize that it’s just a small dot in your life as a whole.  Make everyday count.  I love you mom. 

Don’t think about how weak you are — think of how strong you’re going to be. — Michelle (Berry) Dougherty