Get Your Kleenex Out - 9/22/20

Teenage boys are a mystery and I’ve even heard some people refer to them like cats; they are aloof, affectionate when they want to be and show up when they want to be fed. We have 2 of them (14 & almost 16) in our house and sometimes I say that Tim and I could leave the house without saying a thing and they’d never know we were gone unless it was a mealtime!

When we found out about my diagnosis, we held off until we knew specifics before we told Jack & Mason just so we had as many answers as possible for them. Since then, we have been as transparent as possible with them keeping them in the loop on everything. Mason has been a little more inquisitive than Jack but that’s okay. He was also a little more visibly shaken when we told them that I’d be having a bilateral mastectomy. They both have been scared and concerned but shown it in their own way.

But this story hit me in a way that will always mean more to me than Mason will ever know. Last week in the care package I received from the NBCF there was a black silicone bracelet with a pink ribbon and the words “hope brings strength” on it. Mason was with me when I opened the box and asked if he could have the bracelet and I told him of course he could. He immediately put it on and then looked at me and said “I ordered compression sleeves with a breast cancer ribbon on them for you Mom” and I kind of got choked up. My son, on his own, bought a pair of breast cancer awareness compression sleeves for baseball from Amazon, with his own money.....to show his support for ME! My heart was so full and the tears welled up in my eyes. When they arrived, I told him how cool it was that he had done that and that it was very special to me. Last weekend he wore one during his baseball tournament but I unfortunately wasn’t there to see it in person on him because I was at home doing what I was supposed to be doing; taking it easy.

I know this journey affects not only me, it is affecting all four of us (and the rest of my family as well) and as I have said before, the support and love that we are feeling has been incredibly overwhelming but this has been by far tops on the list. 💕

Thank you, Hoobz! You made my heart overflow and make me so proud to call you my son! I love you to the Moon and back! ❤️