Bad Things Happen to Good People

                I can honestly say that no one in my family has ever fought a major battle with cancer. My grandpa had skin cancer but they caught it early on and removed his ear. He has been fine ever since then. So cancer has never had a big impact on my life. However within the last week that has changed. My uncle’s girlfriend’s mom, who is like a grandma to me, was complaining of back pain. She went to the doctors and they found a mass on her lung. The doctors wanted to find out what it was, and its lung cancer. She got surgery to remove the mass from her lung on Tuesday, December 20^th. While in surgery the doctors found out that not only does she have lung cancer, she has bone cancer. It is difficult to think that unless a miracle happens this will probably be the last Christmas she will be alive for. It’s really hard to think about losing someone and knowing that they might not be there tomorrow. I think that cancer is an awful thing and it negatively impacts so many people and families. It makes you ask yourself why these things happen to people. I think that something positive comes out of bad things though. As much as it hurts to lose someone it makes you realize how thankful you have to be for everyone in your life. You can’t ever take someone for granted, because they might not be there tomorrow. Also, when bad things do happen you have to learn to keep your head up because that person wouldn’t want you to be upset for them, they would want you to be happy for the time you got to spend with them throughout their life. Bad things really do happen to good people all the time, and that is just life. You just have to get through it, and at the end of the day it is worth it to be happy no matter what.