Lindsay Anderson

Darcy Lindsay Anderson

"How do you feel, sweet-heart?" My wonder-ful and amazing stepdad, Mark (Be-cause of how close we are, I call Mark Dad) wanted to know. "Are you tired?""I am, but very happy and excited at the same time!" I piped from the back-seat."Well, we are beyond happy, grateful, and excited to have you cancer free and out of the hos-pital!" My wonder-ful and amazing Mom smiled, reaching to the backseat and taking my hand in hers. Two years ago, my world was rocked when I was diag-nosed with an aggress-ive form of cervical cancer. Instant-ly, I was rushed into surgery, and admitted into the cancer hospital. Just like it broke mine, me having cancer broke Mom's, Dad's, and my wonder-ful and amazing step-sister/ lifelong best friend, Anna's(Before and after our parents got married when we were ten, we were best friends first before, and continue to be best friends first now) heart, too. A plethora of surger-ies, chemo and radiation treat-ments later, I am cancer free. The only ones who don't know are Anna, and our lifelong best friends, Mandy and Kelly. With this said, Mom, Dad, and I are on our way to surprise them, as well as the student body, right now.