Lung Cancer Lung cancer is a type of cancer that begins in the lungs. It is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. People who smoke have the greatest risk of lung cancer, though it can also occur in people who have never smoked. The risk of lung cancer increases with the length of time…
Coping with family tragedy Imagine this…..your an only child and your mom gets diagnosed with cancer and passes away 8 months later. The hardest day of your life is the day you have to bury your mother. I was getting ready for the wake of my mother and my dad calls and says he fell…
Celebrating Mother’s Day without your mom Mother’s Day Mother’s Day is different when you don’t have a mother anymore. I lost my mother to cancer in 2019. This is my third Mother’s Day without my mom. For me each year without her gets harder not easier. I had a great day with my kids and…
My new Tattoo honoring my beloved mom My mom passed away in 2019 from Lung Cancer. It has been a very difficult time. I wanted a tattoo that would remind me of her. I kept looking everyday at a birthday card that she had given to be for my last birthday. Thats when I decided…
Coping mechanisms for death of a parent. Losing a parent is devastating. One of my coping mechanisms was to get a tattoo that would make me think of her. I saw a bumper sticker on a car one day and I said I wanted to get that tattooed on me. I took a picture of…
Worst pain you will ever feel Backstory I am an only child, my parents split up when I was 10 years old. But after a few years they were amicable. Both of my parents were heavy smokers and had been for many years. In 2018 our lives changed forever. My mom had a cough and…