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Open Letter to Cancer

I can honestly say that I hate you.

Jasmine Marie Pena
Sep 12, 2016
West Texas A&M University
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Open Letter to Cancer
Tim Tyan

Dear Cancer,

I can honestly say that I hate you. As I was growing up, I was told that I should not use the word hate, but I am going to defy my mother’s wisdom right now and say that I hate everything about you. I hate that you came into our lives and tore my world apart. I hate that you are making the kindest person I know suffer in a way that I would not even wish upon my worst enemies. You frustrate me because you are making someone that I love become helpless to something that is beyond their control. You are completely selfish because you take without thinking of anyone but yourself. I hate that you came in and made me feel helpless; you took away my ability to make everything better and that is not okay.

You take away people’s role models every day, but I am here to say that you will not win. You have started a war that you will lose. You think you are indestructible, but you will get kicked off of your high horse one day because I am personally tired of watching you take away such amazing people.

You are weak compared to the determined individual that you are trying to take away from me. You are trying to mess with a family that has so much love and support not only from each other but also from someone that is much more powerful than you are. Our consistent faith in our Savior is one thing that you will never be able to take away no matter how hard you try to. You may kick us all down but our God is much greater than you are and you will not prevail. My family has been through many trials and you are only a small bump in the road. We will defeat you and you will regret messing with my family.

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