A year ago tonight, my friend H died of childhood cancer. She fought cancer for a while, since 2013. She fought hard.
Tonight, we went to her family’s neighborhood. There were candles lit along each sidewalk. At 6:30 they lit a lantern and released it to the sky in H’s honor.
It was really hard for me to walk the sidewalk and read the facts about childhood cancer, knowing that it has killed so many (3,000 this year alone). It wasn’t hard only because of that, there was also that my favorite cat M died of stomach cancer. The last time I saw him was April 30, 2012 (3rd grade) before I went to school. He died that afternoon. My grandpa died of colon cancer. He died when I was 5. I can only think how scoliosis can’t hurt you like that. But cancer almost always does.
Tonight I feel for families that have lost a child or parent or grandparent or someone else special because of cancer. I absolutely hate cancer. I know hate is a strong word. And that is why I use it to describe my thought of cancer.
My blog here describes my pain in so many posts. But the pain I have suffered is no where near that of cancer patients.
I feel for them.
-Titanium Girl 😀
