It was January 2013 when mom called to tell me she had found a lump in her right breast while taking a shower.  She went to the doctor, they did a biopsy, and it came back as malignant.

That was almost 2 years ago.

It's been a hurricane of life events since then.  Most of the time I try to push back in my mind that mom has cancer.  Most of the time these days, it's hard to be hopeful.  Most nights I wake up dreaming of her death.  Or thinking of her funeral.  It's not a place I thought I would be at in this time of life.  I just never thought she would be dying so young.