Parents are supposed to protect their children from harm’s way, which is why there’s nothing harder for a parent than knowing their child is sick or in danger, and having no way of protecting them or keeping them safe, which is why one
Last June, A.J. Robinson Brown’s 6-year-old daughter named Finley was diagnosed with kidney cancer, and she couldn’t stand the fact that there was nothing she could do to take the pain away from her daughter and make her feel better. Yet by December, Finley completed her final chemo session, and has been cancer-free ever since.
Despite being overwhelmed by everything her daughter had just gone through, A.J. and the family thought they were finally free from cancer.”Our family thought we were done with cancer for years, but it turns out we weren’t,” Finley says. “My mom got it too on her leg; skin cancer on her leg.”
While A.J never wanted this to happen to her, she was surprisingly grateful that she was the sick one this time and not her children. “A year ago, I might have felt sorry for myself for the physical discomfort that comes from something like this. Interestingly, though, I’m finding myself feeling much more philosophical about the pain. I wouldn’t CHOOSE it, of course, but oh my gosh, it’s so much easier to go through it myself than to have to watch one of my children go through it,” she wrote.
But when this tough mom does struggle with her recovery, she has the perfect coach standing right beside her. “I want you to try your best,” Finley told A.J. “And if you fall, I’ll help you get up and just keep on going.”
“I was so overwhelmed by pride and gratitude for them that I could barely see straight,” A.J. said after Finley and her son Cooper fed and dressed themselves, cleaned their rooms, and insisted she rest. “So, Cancer, you’ve really given me the greatest of gifts. You’ve given my cubs a chance to shine.”
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Little Girl Who Beat Cancer Helps Mom When She’s Diagnosed Too is an article from: LifeDaily