And this is why I created this blog

Dear Aidan,

I have quite a long commute home from work so I tend to surf online a lot. Today I happened to be reading up on my news when I came across this one article titled, "In dying, cancer patient showed others art of living." It was an emotional story of a young family that recently went through tragedy when the mother passed away with breast cancer. I hear about cancer all the time, but I was always someone who experienced it from afar. I could never really relate to their stories. However, when I read this certain passage from this story it hit home. I could literally put myself in this family's shoes. By the end I was in tears and could not stop the tears from overflowing. People in my bus must have thought I was a crazy woman...

Anyways, I'm going to share the snippet of the article with you that really hit it home with me:

One in 7 women in Canada will be diagnosed with breast cancer or gynecological cancer in their lifetime. It is a staggering statistic.

Adam [the husband] will keep raising money and awareness for breast cancer. It’s a way to keep Clare’s memory blazing and a chance to help conquer the disease that took her life.

Clare [the wife] was, at first, terrified that her death would leave a gaping hole in her 4-year-old’s life.
“She wanted to live long enough to know he would be able to feel her for all his life,” says Adam, adding that new hormone treatments she received gave her an extra 16 months.

This September, she walked Nathan to his very first day of school, a marker the couple had been working toward.

When he is ready, there are “pages and pages” of journals written to her son. About life, love and the infinite joys of being his mom. She ordered “Mommy and Me” books off the Internet, with pictures of them both.

“He misses his mommy’s snuggles. Daddy’s snuggles don’t really cut it,” says Adam, adding that Clare always told Nathan, when she died, she would become a star, so that she could look over him with pride.

“He always wanted to be a paleontologist but now he wants to be an astronaut. Because he wants to go to Mommy’s star,” says Adam.

I'm not saying I'm going to die right now, but you never know in life what's going to happen. I want you to know what you mean to me and our time together while I'm still here on this earth so that it's never a memory that will fade over time.

On another note, daddy and I have been trying to get pregnant for a little while now. Unfortunately we are still negative. We really want to have a brother/sister for you before the end of this year, but I guess we will have to wait a little bit more...