This girl. Look at how healthy she looks! Wow.
Some days feel SO normal now that we get most of the way through before I feel that familiar lump in my throat…..
Today I watched her at swim lessons and was hit by a sudden, heavy wave of emotion as I thought about the fact that my six-year-old has already had to fight cancer. It’s hard to shake the sadness and fear that comes with being a parent of a child with cancer, even now that we are in remission.
I tell myself all of the usual, of course… She is a rockstar and she is doing so well now. We are stronger than ever. My life has been put into perspective in a way that not many experience- and I find it to be a blessing. We have no reason to believe thus far that she will relapse.
And yet…
Not a day passes that I don’t yearn to erase the experience from her reality. I will always wish that I could have protected her from it. I will always be aware of how fragile life is.
This last week another child in our local oncology community gained his wings. He fought most of his young life (two of his two and a half years). It’s not fair.
We will do what we can, which is to cherish our time with our girl and thank God for every day that she remains cancer free.