This is my story, I wrote it a while back

I was only 13 when I found out my mum had cancer, I'll always remember the day she told me. It was in the morning just before school.She told me everything was going to be fine and she as going to be okay.I remember that horrible gut feeling that she wasn't going to be okay.I now realize the courage it took her to tell me.I watched my mum battle breast cancer for 3 years. I seen how hard it must have been to go through chemo. I seen her loss dramatic weight,lose all her hair and her energy.My mum was a fighter though, she never stopped cooking,cleaning,washing till she was bed ridden even then she would still make sure the house was spotless. I remember the day she went into the Prince and Princess of wales hospice. She told me she was going into the hospital even now at 16 she was trying to protect me.The last month was the worst , the cancer had spread to her brain and she was in a coma like state.Her body had turned into skin and bone and it felt like she was already gone.I sat by her side everyday and held her cold hand and prayed today wouldn't be her last.I remember going to sleep in the same room as my mum listening to her breathing hoping that every breath she took wouldn't be her last.On the day it was me that noticed her breathing had changed.I held her hand as she slipped out my life.I kissed her head as I left the room and whispered in her ear ill love you forever mum. Im now just about to turn 18, my mum wont be there to wish me Happy Birthday or to wish me luck in my final exams.She wont be here to see me grow up.My life has totally changed since she died and I would do anything to get her back.But I cant,so I'm doing it so other people wont have to deal with the heart break of watching and loosing a loved one. I'm doing it For Mum. Please help me by giving whatever you can.

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