Life Is Like A Dirt Road

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Life is like a dirt road you don’t know when the bumps will come. I am a young 14 year old boy that grew up on a farm. I go to El Dorado Spr middle school. I love to play football and baseball, but what I most love is working on a farm and being with my dad. I love to hunt and fish with my dad also. Why only my dad. One bump in my road is this. About 4 years ago my mom was diagnosed with lung cancer. She went to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston Texas. She went there my 4th grade year and stayed there 6 months. My sister, my dad, and me went on my spring break. After the 6 months she came home and went to springfield every month. After a couple month she was cancer free and good. Then a couple month later.... Then the horrible, mean cancer

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