and for a long time, I was able to do this. But, when I was twelve years old, I learned that my mother had been diagnosed with breast cancer, and that she had been fighting it for months without a word. Through her actions and words, my mother taught me that courage and bravery could be everyday things.
I had known something was wrong for a while, but I couldn't figure out what it was. Sometimes, my mom would suddenly burst into tears and run upstairs, and my dad, visibly fighting back tears himself…
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