There's a family in my church that I have asked for prayers for, over in the Prayer requests thread. Bea, who came to America in her twenties from Ireland, is married to Kin, whose parents came here from China not long before he was born. Bea has breast cancer, and started Chemo today. They have two small children, Jonas, who is 6 years old, and Anna, who is 4.
Jonas, who has always been a serious little boy, is convinced his mom is gonna die. Now Bea is an oncological nurse, and I am sure has explained everything to him, but he is very upset and sure she's going to die. (Anna's more upset that Bea told her she'd likely lose all her hair, they got to go wig shopping with her, though) I would very much like to make a little book for them, and include a little picture and story of each of you, and anyone else you know who has survived cancer, and call it "We CANcer-vive! (survive and thrive)" for Bea to show to Jonas.
And if you could forward this to any other survivors you know, the more the merrier! If you have a current-ish picture, now that you have hair, tell us when you had cancer, and where you live, and anything other few sentences - I think it would help comfort Jonas. He knows his grandmother (Bea's mom) died from cancer, so is just so sure his mom's gonna die, too. (Bea did get tested, it's not the genetically linked breast cancer that she's got, which is a huge relief for she and Kin especially concerning Anna's and Jonas' future.)
As I know many people would rather keep this info private, you could email it to me, rather than post it here, so it's not available to the whole world. Email it to Karen (at) PetoftheDay.com, okay?
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