Anon loves his mom

heres a story from when i was a teenager

be 14
my mother is very sick
constant medical issues, mobility issues
not fat, she literally cant balance
being 14, i thought she was invincible and would just get over it
shes literally riddled with cancer
shes a fighter though, and we live in australia so amazing healthcare
she battles every shitty illness for 2 whole years
all this time still manages to just be my mum
makes me lunches, helps with homework, etc
I’m always nice to her, because shes sick but sometimes it takes it toll and i get mad
we have to eventually get a carer in to look after her as she is getting very sick
she is bedridden before i know it, i can hear the medical equipment from my room
wake up one night to her gasping, walk into her room with a glass of water
shes gasping for air, she'd fallen from bed and broken 2 vertebrae
she goes to hospital for 2 months after that
fast forward 3 months and she is well enough to go to the park with her best friend and me
we laugh and she even made us some sandwiches
she gets sicker over the next few days
but she still does those mum things, like making my school lunches
she barely has enough energy to get out of bed, but still makes my lunch
get called out of class one day, told to go to the office
there is a cab waiting for me, the principal tells me "the school is here for you" but i don’t understand
get to hospital, taken to emergency
watch my mother smile at me and take her last breath
later that night I’m home, walk into the kitchen after crying for hours
open the fridge
laid out in there are my school lunches for the next 3 days
she literally used the last energy in her body to make sure i had my lunches for that week
i sat there on the floor and ate every last one

i still cant think about how caring that woman was without tearing up.

god i miss her.