This is How We Found Her

It was May, 2008. We had all just found out the news she had last stages of invasive ductal carcinoma, in other words, she had terminal breast cancer.  Daniel and Diana put on a brave face as they arrived at her home for the first time after the diagnosis.  We all expected to find her in bed and crying.  Instead, we found her in her cute shorts and top. Wearing her hair in a ponytail and with a big smile as she opened her door to welcome us in.  I took this picture of Diana, Daniel and Jeannette for my memories.  Can you tell how Diana and Daniel are trying to smile but Jeannette has a great big smile. She said to me, "Ma, don't cry, I will be OK."  She went on to say she had the best doctors and that she was confident that she would have a great outcome of this ordeal.  We all knew better.  We knew she was in shock and could not face reality.  As time went on she was poisoned by chemo meds and burned by radiation.  The worst is that she was in extreme pain every single second of her life.  She was my baby girl and I will never get over this.  I thank God for giving me time with her and for having Diana and Daniel there to comfort her.