I was fifteen. “You have cancer”, the doctor said. Moments went by and all I kept thinking was I was only fifteen, I was too young to face this, I was too young to die.
Time moved slowly as I waited for them to tell me they were wrong and made a mistake. They weren’t wrong and they didn’t make a mistake. I was fifteen and had cancer. I was only fifteen so choices and decisions were made for me.
I was no longer too young to have cancer. Life would never be the same. I was still fifteen but life was different now. New hurdles, challenges, and obstacles. I was still fifteen but this life I had now was new. I didn’t ask for this life, I like my old fifteen, but sometimes you can’t always choose. And sometimes the new can be even better than the old.
I know exactly how you feel, I too have been in many life or death situations. All you can do is keep moving and keep your head up.
ReplyDeleteI like it but I would not start the last sentence of "and", it messes with the flow, good job otherwise.
ReplyDeleteOh man, that was a heartwarming story.
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