Today, the 27th, is my mom's birthday. She passed away on October 3rd, 2011.

She was diagnosed with Leukemia in '08. Went into remission in '09, but it returned in early 2011.. They said she had a month to live with Chemo. We decided not to do that, and would rather keep her at the house to spend time with her. They told us she wouldn't last a week without chemo.

She passed 7 months later, with the help of prayer, support from family, and a more natural diet (less processed junk food), but in the end, it was her time.

She would've been 63 now.

I just turned 22 on the 23rd, and even after all this time, I still find this last week of July to be the hardest.

Don't know why I'm posting this here on GLP; maybe I just want to reach out to this community.

Any advice? Any similar experiences?
Share your stories, my friends.