Forty-two years ago today my Mother lost her battle with cancer. She was 36 years old and had been diagnosed with lymphoma 4 years earlier and given only 6 months to live.
She was a strong woman and beat out her life sentence by 3 1/2 years. It was not easy, she went through radiation and chemo therapy, she developed leukemia from over radiation and chemical diabetes. Throughout all of this she continued to be a Mother, friend and an optimist.
She ensured that we valued education, that we always looked put together (needed to have ironed undergarments in case of an accident), that the house was clean and decorated for each holiday.
That was my Mom - she felt that her greatest achievement were the three children she had and I try to do her proud every day.
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