Mothers of Children diagnosed with Cancer. August, 2021 I had just seen my only child blow out 10 candles on his cake while his friends sang happy birthday over ZOOM. I just landed my best job and had finally reached a really good salary. As a single mum, I was finally doing it my way. Monday afternoon I was at work. I had been in a meeting and left my phone on my desk to return to see 4 missed calls. My only son was at the Hospital. An x-ray had revealed a massive tumor painfully on his lungs. It was an aggressive T-Cell Lymphoma. The day I left work, I never went back. My sons treatment plan was to go for 2.5 years. We just hit 2 years and I have not had superannuation since 2021.

With no way to work because we basically were in hospital for a year, and if we were not already in hospital, we had weekly, monthly admissions. So as a once working fulltime receiving superannuation. I now face an uncertain future in another 25-30 years because I have had no superannuation. 

My quality of life, lifestyle, housing, vehicles all things I thought we all work towards, I don't know how bleak living and life will be like. 

If cancer mums like me had a drop of a few grand when their child is diagnosed, (its a 24/7 job managing a child's illness.)

If a change isn't created, then this problem no one see's will stay the same Some of us lose our children, some live to tell the tale. We might have lost  or still have our children, but we as cancer mums sacrifice ours in other areas and do matter. 

The time is now as after 2  years of intense chemos and surgery, I have space in my soul to BE THE CHANGE. No one thinks of this. 

I want to create the change of  how cancer mums can have piece of mind that the devotion they gave, and that they lost so much for their future, that they can know someone made the change to improve how things are. Id never of thought of it until it happened to me.