![]() ![]() Maybe the kiddo has a little more hair now, maybe there’s a bit more color in his face, and maybe she’s a bit taller… But the love in those pictures is the same and the joy is too. And if you saw a similar picture of the survivors today, they probably wouldn’t look that much different either. Maybe the kiddo had a little more hair and maybe Mom had a few less worry lines… But the love was the same. If you looked at pictures of these moms and kids on the day before their kiddo was diagnosed with cancer, they wouldn’t have looked much different. Some are still fighting, some have graduated to survivor clinic, and some have run ahead of all of us to Heaven. If you’re a mom or dad, I bet you have pictures that don’t look all that different from these.Įach of these pictures is of a mom and their kiddo who is battling or has battled cancer. I love the joy and love that shines through each of these pictures. They are all dear friends and I’d love to tell you each of their stories. I know and love each and every one of them. We Celebrate the Joy Our Children Bring We Celebrate the Joy Our Children Bring If you want to give to our fund to honor our AML warriors and help us fight, so no other mothers have to feel our loss and pain, you may give here. We hope mothers will count their blessings as well and squeeze their children tightly. We will try to reflect on our blessings and hold our other children close. So we will continue to try and enjoy this day. It is our hardest challenge but also the best treasure we will ever know. Being a mother is the greatest gift we were ever given. Most of us wouldn’t trade this journey for anything in the world. Not every day is easy, many days are hard. ![]() We pray all the moms who have lost angels will allow themselves some grace and forgiveness and let others treat them as the heroes that they truly are. The fact that we wake up, get out of bed and take daily breaths make us winners. Mother’s Day is another day to celebrate mom warriors that sometimes feel like failures, but aren’t. Strength to keep living when some days dying sounds easier. Strength to cook and clean and engage with family when we want to hide away in a far away corner. ![]() Strength to get out of bed and face the world when we want to hide in a dark cave. Strength to put on a happy face when we really want to scream and cry. Strength to hide tears that are fighting to flow. Mothers are expected to have supernatural strength. But at the same time, we have other children who need us to celebrate their lives here on earth. We feel loss and sadness and some days we just want to curl up in a ball and grieve the child we lost. Alvarado, MD Pediatric Cancer Research FundĬelebrate Mom Warriors Celebrate Mom WarriorsĪs Mother’s Day approaches, we mothers who have lost angels have many mixed emotions. ![]()
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