Narrative Essay On Bone Cancer

Every day, forty three children are diagnosed with cancer. Sixty percent of children who survive cancer suffer from other illnesses, such as heart failure, hearing loss, and most of all, depression. In our society depression leads to adolescent and teen to suicide. It is normal for parents of gloomy cancer diagnosed children to worry about their child’s mental and emotional well-being; therefore, I was not surprised when the parents of the children diagnosed with cancer from my church came to me, a cancer survivor, for advice about how to help their child’s depression. I told the parents that I would be a good person for their kids to talk to because I can relate to their emotional struggles and understand their inner demons. Although I was diagnosed with osteosarcoma (bone cancer) at the …show more content…
For years, I separated myself from society, cried myself to sleep, refused to look in mirrors, and rejected any activity or event that had too much joy in the air. Although, I understood how it feels to be drowned in self-misery, I decided to mentor and guide these kids through their journey to becoming cancer free and, most importantly, their journey to happiness. Since I was already a bible study teacher and had experience with kids, I knew that kids like to learn things through vivid stories; so before my first official ‘therapy’ meeting with the five sick kids, I decided to write a story about my journey to happiness. I wanted my story to exemplify how a person can be happy although he or she may not be ‘normal’ or ‘regular’ like other kids. Also, I wanted my story to exemplify how to put the Christian philosophy into practice; however, I forgot that I was, and still am, an amateur writer. Writing has always been hard for me because I struggle to express myself in clear and precise thoughts. I started the writing process for the story about my journey to happiness as I did with all the other stories I have