My husband, youngest daughter and I were watching TV tonight. I’ve always been honest with her (she’s 13) about how I’m feeling. There have been some diluted responses just to prevent her from worrying but I do promote honesty and I want her to be able to feel she can talk to me about how she feels about her Mum having breast cancer.
She’s on her phone (obvs!) chatting away when she suddenly came out with “It’s 110 days until your chemo finishes”. She’d put the end date (everything crossed for this) into an app on her phone and had been counting down since this whole nightmare began. I was really taken aback. She is my most introverted and quieter child – very rarely does feelings. But she’s obviously been absorbing all the conversations we’ve had as a family and taken in all the information we have discussed regarding my treatment. Her announcement was sealed with a reassuring smile. She is counting down the days. I’m delighted as now we have in common the same thing – we both see an end and we are both willing it to arrive so much. She is lovely x
