'Her constant selfless acts showed me how I wanted to live my life. This is one of the many reasons why I can’t wait to start a family — because I want to share the same traits that my mom instilled in me with my children' ❤️ JordanLarson10 shares.
, I was oblivious of the magnitude of the situation. At the time, I was in high school and was more concerned with my social circle. I was aware that my mom was sick, but the way my parents portrayed it to me was that she was going to be okay.
and chemotherapy. She was sick during chemo — but I never would have known because she was always trying to rise above it. After fighting cancer for seven years, however, my mom passed away in 2009. Outside of the diagnosis, my relationship with my mom was amazing. She was my best friend. I felt like I could do anything because of her faith in me and never felt judged or belittled by her. I knew she had my back and loved me unconditionally.
The experience my family had with my mom battling breast cancer greatly impacted me as an athlete today — in a way that I haven’t been able to fully articulate or understand since she left. While I wish she was still here, I feel that she set me up for success in the time that we did have together. Watching her ability to fight through all the trauma that she endured, it taught me that no matter the outcome of an event, you should never settle. Never settle for mediocrity.
When my mom got really sick towards the end, I had to fly back from the national team and miss a tournament. It didn’t matter to me. I just knew that I needed to be with my mom. As soon as I walked into the hospital room, the first words out of my mom’s mouth were, “Please tell me you are not missing a tournament to be here.” She was my biggest fan, and she knew that my goal was to play in the Olympics. She didn’t want her sickness to get in the way of that.
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