I never knew of anyone in my life dying or having a life-threatening disease before. But that was before fourth grade. That was before I was told my grandfather had stage 3 lung cancer.
It took us by surprise really; how did he get lung cancer? He never smoked, he never drank, he exercised every day... We supported him through all of it, and it pained us maybe even more than it pained him. The adults in the family had always reassured us that he would be okay, and I really did believe that for a time. I thought that he was going to get better. I thought that his story was going to be like the success stories you hear and read about. I thought we were going to be happy in the end. But he didn´t. The adults had put on a brave face to not get
It took us by surprise really; how did he get lung cancer? He never smoked, he never drank, he exercised every day... We supported him through all of it, and it pained us maybe even more than it pained him. The adults in the family had always reassured us that he would be okay, and I really did believe that for a time. I thought that he was going to get better. I thought that his story was going to be like the success stories you hear and read about. I thought we were going to be happy in the end. But he didn´t. The adults had put on a brave face to not get