Narrative Essay On Breast Cancer

I have had the opportunity to become a very crucial part in the lives of a family other than my own. I had the opportunity to not only spend a majority of my time around the family since I was a young child, but became close enough to become a part of this family that loves and cares for me as their own. I was closest to the mother, Susan, and her son that is my age, Thomas. Unfortunately, I would watch the woman I would now address as my own mother as she develops breast cancer. She was able to fight long enough to defeat the persistent disease only once, but now her and I knew the focus would not be on her, but to plan for the future. Thomas was raised a very happy-go-lucky boy without a worry in the world and that is exactly how his mother and I expected to keep him. When his mother developed breast cancer the second time she was given only a month to live, something we would not tell Thomas as he progresses through his childish adolescence rather seamlessly. The focus was not on Sue anymore, but rather how to keep Thomas functioning after her death. I took it upon myself to make sure the boy who I now consider my little brother continues to live his accustomed life as he continues to progress through his teenage years. As a young teenager, he would disappear from home and start using drugs and alcohol habitually to cope with the loss of his mother. I continued to
He has a job as an apprentice electrician for a solar panel installation company. Recently, I went to a construction site that he was working on and was able to see remnants of the lighthearted teenager I once knew laughing with his friends. I did not approach him in fear of reminding him of bad memories, but I do continue to keep an eye on him and plan to nurse him back to full health if he ever does encounter hardship in his