~"My name is Lorelai Chantelle Martins. And I'm here on a Tuesday morning waiting for a phone call from my dad to see if he has cancer. "~
The statement above is a reality that most human beings go through. Lorelai had to face it while she was 16. Others may face it earlier and some later.
"Cancer is the leading cause of death in Canada and is responsible for 30% of all deaths."
"Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally, and is responsible for an estimated 9.6 million deaths in 2018."
You can't run away from things like this. Yet humans still do. Lorelai wants to.
"It's like I'm confined in a mental block. I want to get out but I can't find myself to push out". ~ Lorelai
Read this tale about the essence of life. Something that most humans forget.
Their precious health.
"I'm sorry, James. The tests were positive. You have cancer," the doctor said. In that moment, I felt my entire world crumble. Everything I knew, everything I loved, I would have to say goodbye to. How was this even fair? I'm 23 years old, I haven't lived yet, haven't experienced much, and yet I was going to die. I might have just given up completely if it wasn't for her. She is the only reason I am still alive, yet she can't know of my disease. She can't know anything. I just have to pretend that everything is going to be okay before I have to say goodbye, before I run out of time.