Joshua's Story
When our mom was diagnosed with breast cancer I was really scared she was going to die. I saw my mom struggling. That bothered me. Mom was always in control and it made me nervous to see her struggle so much with something so bad. I had never seen her so weak before. I tried hard to be strong for her. When I was feeling the worst and needed to get my mind off the cancer I would go outside. I was nervous a lot and so I had to go see the school counselor almost everyday. I didn't mind that so much because Mrs. Z was always good to me. My brother Micah and I went to a special group for kids whose parents had cancer. Other days I just went to see Mrs. Z because I needed to get away from everyone. Sometimes I just needed to sit and be still. I liked that Mrs. Z let me do that. My teachers worried about me. I just couldn't concentrate .School was really hard for me too. Mrs. S and Mrs. N took good care of me though. I knew they cared about both my mom and me because they asked a