Secrets Are No Fun

SECRETS ARE NO FUN is the story of how The Evil Breast Cancer Disease attacked Rebecca’s life. Rebecca adored her “supermom” and was crushed to watch Mom go through surgeries and chemotherapy. One day Mom was waking her up for school and Rebecca was the center of attention, and the next day Rebecca was busy making sure that her siblings were ready for the bus. She saw Grandma cry, Dad throw up and scary scars all over Mom. And here’s the worst part: Mom lost all of her hair - she was bald!

On top of that, Rebecca was starting fifth grade- a tweens worst nightmare. And Rebecca had to deal with everything that came with that: navigating the halls of junior high, dealing with her boy-obsessed friends and doing all of those mortifying things like watching the Period Movie! She also didn’t want her friends to know about Mom, but someone told the whole grade and now Rebecca’s “that girl with the sick mom.”

This is a true story based on my experience with a parent battling breast cancer. Although I am not a psychologist who knows all of the clinically correct things to say, I can share my experience so other's can know that they are not alone.