I’ve learned a valuable lesson. Even if things are going tough still trust and believe in God! I have learned this personally.

I wear glasses and I really want contacts. I e-mail a couple of people yesterday and asked if they knew anyone that needs a babysitter to please tell me by a phone call or an e-mail. I then got an e-mail by my biggest costumer. It said, “Hey girl! Please call me right away or have your mom call me! You are about to be Blessed!! Our home number is ###-####.” Then once i got this e-mail I called her. She wanted to talk on the phone with my mother. They talked about thirty minutes long.

When my mom got off the phone she was filled with joy. She told me that if my family could raise money for the eye exam and a teaching session on how to put in and take out contacts they person that she was talking about will buy as much as she can afford of contacts for me! I just have to give her my prescription! This is a HUGE MIRACLE! Then later when my mom and I were out looking for a pair of jean shorts for me I saw I got a voice message. The message was from one of my pastor. He wanted to know if I could babysit from about 5:30pm-8:30pm.

I ended up babysitting them. They were so cool! Those kids were nice to each other and didn’t get in a fight and cry about it! Most of the kids I babysit fight a lot together. I ended up getting $25 dollars which is $7 an hour! I feel so blessed! I almost have enough money for my contacts. We are also going to use the check my nana and papa are sending me for clothes on the contacts because I have enough clothes even though they aren’t new. Yesterday was the biggest blessing I have had for myself ever since my mom got her second type of cancer!

( I don’t want to say any names or have any phone numbers in here for safety of these people.)

My mom is almost famous! Because of this cancer a ot of people that she doesn’t even know has heard about her, read her blog, or accidentally found out about her from the wrong thing on google. A lot of people have been on Ellen or Oprah from things like this! Also a lot of people look up to my mom and think of her of an insperation. My mom is the greatest even though she has this new type of cancer.

My mom isn’t just and insperation and a role model to other people, but also me! I am proud to have a great Christian, survivor, faithful person, easy to talk to, role model, funniest, insperational, awesome, (and what my friends say) the best and coolest mom ever as my mom!

So my mom should be on Ellen or Oprah! If you find out how to get her on tell me! Wait! I have another idea…she should write a book and have part of me to write it so we will both be famous! Not trying to be selfish or anything! LOL (laughing out loud)!

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I have HUGE GUILT inside me right now! Last time my mom had cancer I was ALWAYS there for her except when I was at church. Now my mom calls me “Social Butterfly”. That means I hang out with my friends a lot. I know I will be at school soon, but it hasn’t started yet. I have been hanging out with my friends instead of helping my mom and I feel really badly! I talked to my mom about it and she said, “Keona, I might not like you always not being here, but that is just who you are now.” It made me feel better when she said that, but I want to be her helper again! I just want to be with my friends at the same time!

Everyone has said I sound very mature in this blog. I don’t think this one sounds very mature of me because I am basically saying I want to help my mom, but I need to hang out with my friends. I guess it doesn’t sound that mature. I just am that way sometimes. Very mature one day, then a kid/tween/almost teen the next. Please read my blog a lot because I like posting!

My mom finished her first cycle of chemo yesterday! She is a fighter, but now the side effects are coming in. My mom is very tired, kind of dizzy and sick. It is going to get worse everyday. Her hair going to fall out and more things is going to happen. As I said in my first blog entry….Cancer Sucks! The only thing that is good about cancer in my family is that we get closer to God and our family gets closer.

Last cancer we barely knew anyone around here that could help our family to get through it. This time my family will literally be turning down people who want to bring us dinner! If you are one of our secret “angels” and we don’t know it or you have helped us THANK YOU!

Okay I don’t know how this entry got from side effects to secret “angels”, but I am still putting this entry under the category of cancer. Thank you for reading!

Bills have put our family in debt for awhile, and now that my mom has cancer (again but a different type) we will probably get more in debt. Because of this I have decided to make my own job! I now am a babysitter! I am trying to save money for my acting, dancing, and singing passion and some just to help the family. If you know anyone that needs a babysitter please tell them about me! Thank you!