The people we are closest to are often the ones so busy caring that their grief can be overlooked. My mum was an absolute blessing when I was diagnosed, she stepped straight up and looked after my children, ensuring they were loved and cared for when my husband and I were in Sydney for surgery and IVF.
Mum, like myself or should I say, me like my mother love to release emotions through writing. My mum writes a lot of poetry and she is also the proof-reader behind pretty much everything I write – thanks mum, I love you so much.
So here is a piece my mum wrote when I lost my hair. I remember mum going home from work the day I shaved my head, she knew it was going to happen; yet it didn’t make it any easier. On that day she wasn’t coping and her daughter in her eyes wasn’t a thirty year old woman with two children, I was just mum’s baby girl who had always adorned long blonde hair… to my mum, this was heartbreaking and it made it real – it made it real for all my loved ones.
The ‘Balding’
I walked into her house
I was warned not to cry
She walked into the room
I was not feeling ‘high’
Her beautiful blonde hair
Was nowhere to be seen
Her bald head shone
With a beautiful sheen
Her smile put me at Ease
But my tears, they did fall
My beautiful daughter
Stood proud and tall
Chemo had robbed her
Of energy and now hair
With all of her pain
She simply stood there
So brave and glowing
With a courageous smile
Her admirable confidence
In her unique new style
My gorgeous daughter
Battling the cancer war
We hugged each other
When I walked out the door
That night I sobbed
Unrelenting tears fell
I prayed yet again
Please let her get well
– By Vicki Humbert
Mum, you are a beautiful and selfless woman who I absolutely adore as my mum, as my friend, as my rock. I love you.
Bec x
© Copyright 2016 becbraid
The bond between you is evident. It is truly a blessing to have such a close relationship between mothers and daughters.
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Thank you Kim – it is an absolute blessing that I am so grateful for. x
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Mother & daughter – such a special bond. Beautiful Vicki & Bec x
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Very blessed to have my mumma bear x
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