Two years ago, my mom got Breast Cancer and ever since then she has been an inspiration in my eye.  Through her worst, she stayed strong for me, my siblings, and my dad.  She made sure that I knew she would make it through this, and of course she did.

Every little girl sees herself growing up and being just like their mother.  To them their mother is everything and that’s how they want to be.  As I’ve grown older I’ve found myself wanting to be just like my mother.  Although she may make me angry at times, she still makes me find a way to become closer to her.  My mother is strong in her faith.  Of course this is because her trust in God has become so strong through her recovery from cancer.  I want to be as strong in my faith as she is.

My mother is also very nurturing.  She has inspired me to one day create a family of my own.  I see how she is as a mother and it makes me very excited to one day hopefully have kids of my own or have a career pertaining towards children.  I also love how much fun my mother can have.  She is very outgoing and loves to be herself. She pushes me to be outgoing but she accepts me for who I am, no matter what.

My mother also pushes me in my education.  She wants the best for me and wants me to make something wonderful with my life.  She believes in me and trusts me to make the right choices not only in my education but also for my future.  I wish that I could be that way with people, and I try often to put my trust in others.

My mother has been through so much.  There has been so much pain in her life yet she has found a way to forget it and continue in life.  Although there is a constant worry of cancer in her mind, she still finds a way to take time for me.  I love everything about my mother: her love, strength, confidence, trust, outgoingness, and so much more.  She inspires me to start a life like her, to follow in her foot steps, but in my own way.  I want to take the same qualities she owns and put them into my life to be just like her.

Through my mother’s survival of cancer, I have seen her as a completely different person.  She has pretty much survived death, and to me that is inspiration: to be strong, hopeful, and most of all loving towards the ones who love you, because you never know when you may lose or get close to losing them.  To me, and I hope to others, she is my hero.

            ~ Cat Church, Grade 8