Don't Go (Oliver Sykes Fanfic)

Thank You

It's been four years since I've written this story and I'm so shocked to see that people are still reading it. I'm amazed to see that it's touched people's hearts. I'm in shock that it's reached 10,000 people and I just want to say thank you.

My grandmother died of lung cancer only months before I was born and I have always wanted to meet her. I've heard she was a lovely woman. My aunt is a breast cancer survivor and had a double mastectomy. There's a long history of breast cancer on my moms side of the family so it's something I'm always going to have to be aware of. But this isn't about me.

When I wrote this story, I wrote it with specific children in mind. Children I didn't even know but children I knew of who died of cancer and children I knew who had moms and families who were absolutely devastated because they lost their babies. Some of these children, I had discovered them because they had met their favorite celebrities through make a wish foundation and that's how this story came to be. I wanted to write this, not to market on people's grief but to let out my own anguish over the loss of these children that I felt. And the grief. Although I didn't meet these children I still felt a grief and a pain when I saw each of them pass away. It angers me that we still don't have a cure. I hope we can change that.

I also wrote the main character, Ella, and her best friend, Josh, to have mental illness. I did this because when I was writing this story, I was greatly suffering from depression and this story was also my outlet. I was self harming and I was suicidal. Writing was my outlet and to see that people have actually taken time to read this story and that not only have they read it but it's made them feel something... it reminds me that every word people put out in the world counts. That once it's said or published, it's there and can't be taken back.

I was fourteen when this was written. I'm nineteen now. I want to thank you all for your continuous support and I hope that you all find peace and love in your lives.

If anyone has ever lost a loved one due to cancer in their lives, I want you to know I'm here for you.

If anyone is suffering from depression or any other mental illness, I want you to know I'm here for you.

You are not alone.

There is always help.

There is always a hope.

I love you all.

Thank you so, so much.

~~~ Isabelle