The Loss

Adrian

I have experienced loss before. First, when I was young, I lost my mum.

She had been sick with stage three breast cancer for the past two years. I remember when I came home from school that day, and she was making us supper. Mum had always liked making supper for us herself. She said she always enjoyed taking care of us.

I had gone upstairs to my room to freshen up when the smoke alarm went off. I ran downstairs to find Mum lying on the floor, and the food was all burnt up. I panicked as I tried to get her up to no avail.

I called the ambulance and then called my Dad. The ambulance arrived and took her. Seeing my mum on a stretcher traumatized me. Dad arrived 10 minutes after the ambulance team. I rode in the back of the ambulance with Mum. The whole journey scared me as they kept her on oxygen support.

We arrived at the hospital and got the terrible news that Mum had cancer. Cancer that soulless monster that left my mum so frail. That monster that ripped off the happiness