My mother was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer in 2002, while I was in the fourth grade. My parents were divorced and my older sister and I spent three weeks out of the month with my mother, who was a single mom. I was amazed at her strength when she received the news of her diagnosis. I never saw her cry or whine. She made sure my sister and I completed our homework and she made sure we ate dinner. She was Super Mom. The most amazing thing happened the day she received a very difficult chemotherapy treatment, which happened to be Halloween. She dressed up as Uncle Fester with her bald head and went out trick-or-treating with us. The picture from that Halloween is one of my favorites of my mother, it shows how truly strong she is. Today, she is a proud survivor.
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