My mother meant everything to me, and when cancer took her away, she left behind memories and a lifeline — a trust fund…My mother meant everything to me, and when cancer took her away, she left behind memories and a lifeline — a trust fund meant to support my future. When my dad began selfishly using it for his stepdaughter, it felt like he was chipping away at Mom’s memory piece by piece.
I couldn’t allow him to steal what little I had left of her — or of myself.
There’s something about losing someone you love deeply — you carry that emptiness forever, even if it doesn’t show on the outside. I lost my mom to ovarian cancer when I was ten. One day, she was there, brushing my hair while humming an old folk tune, and the next, she was just… gone. Just like that.
