It all started on the 29th of September 2019. When my family came back from the doctor’s office, everybody’s faces were filled with tears and their hearts filled with pain, like I’ve never seen before. A discovery had just been made: our hero, mother and pillar of strength, had just been diagnosed with cancer.

Before this discovery our family had joy and so much happiness. We used to be such a happy, healthy and loving family that many thought that this much love and warmth only existed in dreams or fantasies. But for my family, we lived many people’s fantasies or dreams because there was so much joy and happiness in our lives. Until that particular day when that discovery was made.
I knew that nothing would ever be the same, because the bravest person I knew was in so much pain day and night. Our mom tried against all odds to live and to heal, going to different doctors and all kinds of hospitals, having all kinds of medication; chemotherapy and radiation treatments so that she could find help, but nothing changed. We used to find her in her bedroom at midnight, sobbing and in pain, but when morning came she would do everything in her power to be there for us.

Even though my hero left this world earlier in 2021, she taught us to cherish every moment and to be brave in whatever situation life brings you. Even though she lived in pain, through radiation treatments and chemotherapy, still she held her head up high and forever brightened the room with a smile, and for that I can call her the bravest person I know.

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