ORIGINAL: fastetti

I guess I ask for a different present than most. In 2002 my mother was diagnosed with stage IV brain cancer around Christmas time. They removed a tumor the size ofa pool ball out of her brain and gave her 9 months to live. All Ive ever asked for Christmas is that thebig man above keep her healthy for another year. She's made it 6 years and gives hope to hundreds of people and gives hope to many who have the cancer she had. I don't know how she keeps up with the emails, support groups and charity events that she speaks at to give people hope. If you saw her, you never would have known she had such deadly cancer, she is95% of what she was before the cancer. I'll never ask for another Christmas present for myself again as long a Santa keeps bringer her health.