Last year, right before my junior year of High School my mom past away from Lung Cancer. It seemed like it would be very hard for me to actually concentrate during school. But, I had to do good in school and not get off track because that would ruin my college chances and my mom would not want that for me. My mom got diagnosed with cancer in December of the year before, and she was always about her children, we were always first, no matter what the magnitude of the situation. She found out right before Christmas, but did not want to ruin our Christmas, so she waited until a few days afterwards to tell us. She had to go to many doctor’s appointments and Chemotherapy, she was strong through the whole thing to make sure that I was okay. She
