Mom Will Live Forever

After 7 months we received a clean bill of health, our hearts started pounding at a regular beat and the blocks that had been weighing on our shoulders were removed. Our rock, the woman who kept everything together and wonderful was going to live forever.

Mom went back to her full time job and continued as if life never stopped. Actually it didn't stop it just felt that way. Birthdays, picnics, Sundays, parties....life went on without that damn black cloud over us. Mom was feeling great, gaining weight and growning her hair back. The only thing left were those regular blood tests she had to continue to make sure everything was ok. Each time she went we all felt like we were holding our breath til she called with the results.

One day mom and I were talking and I had been reading up on lymphoma and cancers for some reason...not sure why and I was telling her that the longer you go in remission the better the odds of it not coming back. I believe we were on our 11th or 12th month when I told her this. We both looked at each other and smiled.