I thought this would be a simple piece for me to write because I’m so used to putting my feelings on paper.
It’s not as simple as I thought it would be because researching to give people some knowledge on cancer has been around for years. People don’t realize that cancer has many different faces and has many different ages.
As I’m putting this piece together, I’m frustrated simply because all my research has been on children who have to live with different types of cancers, a battle for their lives, and hope and pray that they make it into adulthood.
As a family, how can we explain to any child that they are up against the biggest battle of their life, cancer? Of course, as children, they should not worry about something like cancer, but that’s not the reality for many children.
Cancer has been silent for many of them; that’s why a place like Saint Jude exists because we know our children need a niche that is going to be home away from home. It’s not just a hospital; it becomes a home away from home.
So how do we prepare any child to fight to have an everyday life? If it’s difficult for an adult to understand and battle cancer. I could imagine what a child would feel like when adults explain that they need to become like a superhero to overcome everything thrown at them.
Is Five-year-old fighting for their life is normal to me? And the answer is simply no; they should be out and about just being kids and not having to worry about fighting for their lives.
Saint Jude’s is a place away from home. They tell you constantly there is a place away from home; they don’t turn anybody away. But, they’re willing to fight with you and for you as long as you give them something to fight.
Everybody in the world has different battles, and we all fight them differently, but when it comes to kids, it’s hard. It’s more than complex. It’s unbearable to see them go through what they need to go through so they can have a chance to live.
It’s a place like Saint Judes that gives them that chance to fight for their lives and live for themselves and no one else and gives their families a sense of hope.
Saint Jude is that second family that everyone becomes a part of with no fear of being turned away. Saint Jude is that place that breaks their back to fight long aside with the families and tries to give them a sense of hope. Many of these families lose hope because sometimes it is difficult to adjust to their new normal.
The new normal for those families is to become brave soldiers; they find new ways of treating and become less scary for a child.
The best part of saint Jude hospital is how far in being one of the best leading cancer research hospitals. The most important thing for everyone involved is to give every child a fighting chance to live.
Everything that is obtained for research is to help each child to become brave soldiers during their battle. The scary part about all of this is that the most terrifying is all the stories. I have encountered different children. Who are even too young to grasp what is genuinely happening to them entirely.
The main conclusion is that I no longer have the right to feel sorry for myself or my physical limitations because all these kids don’t ask why me or how? When people stop being consumed with myself and things that don’t matter. People would realize that there is so much more in the world, especially these kids who have every right to complain but don’t they greet with a smile? Instead of us making them feel better, they find a way to make us feel better.
Life is about being selfish. I believe this is when we should be selfish and give our future generation a chance to live an everyday life free of any disease taking over their bodies.
Ms. Butterfly Genesis
The Memoir Of Ms. Butterfly 
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