Dear Cancer

I just read a book called Dear Cancer. The author, Laura Parisi King, is a cancer survivor and great writer. Here is an excerpt from her book...

Dear Cancer,
You have tried to break my spirit.
Yet because of you I am more spiritual than ever before.

You have tried to shake my faith.
Yet my faith is strong than ever.

You have tried to upset my relationships.
Yet they continue to flourish in spite of you.

You have tried to turn my life upside down.
OK, you got me on that one.

I wrote my own letter to cancer. I was not as nice.

Cancer-

I will not start this letter with Dear.

You stole my mom from me when I was 21. You ravaged my dad’s life and took him from us when I was 35. They were both too young to die and you suck for taking them! There is nothing I can say to you that has not been said before. So, let me quote my dear sister, when it come to your short visit to my body, you picked the WRONG person. I will use every tool in my arsenal to make you go away….my faith, my doctors, my strength, the loving force of my family and friends. Ohhhh, you are in deep do-do…because I have some fierce friends and sisters and they are my ARMY! You have robbed me of precious time with my children. Cold, crisp, sunny afternoons like today that I should be playing outside with them instead of spending my time running between the bathroom and my bed. I will make it up to them. And in the long run it won’t matter because I will be here and you will be GONE! You are not welcome here in my home, in my life, in my breasts, in my body. You will not hold me back…I have way too much to do. I have to get Oscar and Angelica through kindergarten and then lower, middle and high school. Then college. Then, God willing, love, marriage and children of their own. In between there will be bullies, school plays, exams, boy/girlfriend heartbreaks, acne, sport tournaments, discrimination, tryouts, campouts, the passing of pets, and on and on. They need me. I have to prepare them for life. They have both had more loss in their short years then some experience in a lifetime. I will NOT be another loss…I will not!
So, you see Cancer, what I still have to do here is way more important than you. Go away, Cancer…melt…disappear…vanish…evaporate. You do not stand a chance!