Not The Happiest Blog Post

So, Sam has a new friend in his class. He's new to our school due to the newly opened GATE (Gifted and Talented Education) class in our school this year. He lives pretty close to us, which is nice because there aren't many kids in our neighborhood. Their class is a 4/5 split class, and they're not in the same grade, but they walk part of the way home from the bus together.

Anyway, today Sam told me his friend's last name, and I immediately recognized it as the same last name as a lady I know of who has a very aggressive form of breast cancer, which was in remission and has returned. Friends of hers have held fundraisers for her treatment and for special vacations for their family, which includes three young sons. And as Sam told me about his friend today he mentioned that his friend told him that his mom has cancer, so I knew it was the same family.

I'm sad about this. I don't actually know this lady, but we have a few friends in common and I know of her cancer struggle. I know that it's serious and that she's not expected to have too much time left.

It makes me sad when young mothers get cancer. She's probably close to my own age and her kids are close to the same age as my kids. It hits too close to home. Literally--they just live around the corner. I don't like having to think about my own mortality. It just bothers me. It's probably because I can't deal with the thought of my kids going on without me. It bothers me enough that I don't even feel like talking about it anymore, though I do have more thoughts on the subject.

Anyway, that's my downer of a post today.