April 12, 2009
Brenda Song opens up in the April/May 2009 issue of Scholastic Choices about her mother’s battle with breast cancer.
Having a seriously ill mother is scary, especially for a teenager. Brenda went through periods where she cried and felt sorry for herself – which is normal – but then she realized that any anxiety she was feeling was nothing compared to what her mom was experiencing.
"Why let my mom go through this alone," Brenda says, 'When all of us in our family can help her get through it?"
Brenda learned all she could about breast cancer so she could talk to her mom about it, and she's determined to use the experience to help others.
“We can’t help what’s going to happen in life or what life is going to throw at us. But we can control what decisions we make.”
Source: Scholastic Choices