Personal Childhood Web

I am the youngest for three girls in my family. My sisters are ten and eight years older than me so when I say I’m the big baby in our family. Because my sisters are so much older than I am I might have had a different childhood than other people might have. The fist great support as a child would be my father, I have always been daddy little girl. I think the reason my dad and I have such a close bond is because first I’m the last girl but also because I am such a big difference in age compared to my sisters. My dad has always been my biggest support in life, to would tell me that I could do anything I wanted to do in life as long as I worked hard and stuck to it. He pushed me hard to always trying my best in everything I do. He also supported our family in anyways that he could. As a child I was diagnosed with cancer and my father was our finical support during the whole time I was going threw treatment. Even as I was going through treatment he was the one who was there for me everyday and showed me that I was worth fighting for. I will always be grateful for what my dad has done for me because I fight for what I think is right everyday. I push myself to be the best person I can be and I don’t let people put me down or tell me I can’t do something. The second big support as a child would be my mother. She was my rock when something went wrong that I couldn’t handle. She would be the one I went to when I needed a good cry, but she also was a big support on showing me how to look at things from a different light. As I stated above when I found out that I had cancer at first I was unsure how to handle it. Once it proceeded and I just needed a good cry my mother was there for me and someone she always knew how to look at things in a better light. I remember that day like it happened yesterday, first she told me that I was gonna beat this. Second she told me that this will only make me a stronger person in the end and that she knew this experience was going to make me a better person all around. Now looking back on it today she is right, if I never got cancer I might not have such a big heart or even be a less strong person. Because of my mother I try to look at things from the jar half full and not half empty. The third person that was a big support as a child would be my middle sister Vanessa. As a very young child I would copy her, as a big sister she took me under her wing. With this we had a stronger bond than my other sister. She would always pick me up from school, make sure a always to me homework. She taught me the importance it was to be on time with everything and if you where going to do something you do it right or don’t do it at all. She cared to make sure that I was always taken care of and just wanted what was best for me. When I got sick, she would sit by my side and read me books and overall just a support for whatever I needed. Even today I can’t be late for anything, and even if I’m two min late to something I’m mad at myself for being late. It also drives me crazy when people are late for things, I find it rude. My other sister Amanda was another support for me as a child for showing me what it was like to relax and having a good time. She would be the one who showed me that no matter what life brings you, you can always still have a good time doing it. Even when I got sick we would have a good time goofing off and playing trick on the doctors and nurses. This was a great way to somehow dealing with things in life; I know that this is something I even do today. Even today I still make sure that I enjoy what I’m doing and try to have fun doing it. The fifth big support in my childhood would be my cancer dr, Dr Reynolds. My doctor found me and offered his service to my parents which they accepted. Even though there where some days that I thought that I hated him, he wanted nothing but the best for not only my health but for my whole self. If I wanted to talk to him about anything he would sit on my bed and lesion to me and give me the best answers he had. He made me feel as though I was the most impotent patient he had. When someone I was close to passed away he sat on my bed and explained to me that we had different types of cancer and that he would make sure that I was gonna get to grow old. He taught me the passion that I have for people. I always try to treat everyone with nothing but kindness. When I am helping someone I make sure that I make them feel that they are the most important person at the moment. I couldn’t have asked for a better cancer doctor in the whole world.

 Go gold, gold is the color for childhood cancer, which September happens to be childhood awareness month.

 This is a young girl that I know who is fighting the battle.

This last photo is my mother on the left and my Dr in the middle and a very amazing women who has beat cancer herself but lost her daughter with childhood cancer.