Taking on Cancer With Grace and Humor — Siblings Reflect on Their Mom’s Strength as She Faced Breast Cancer

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Losing a parent to cancer, especially at a young age, is an incredibly difficult thing to go through. However, for Camila and Edgar Legaspi, who lost their mom to breast cancer, looking back on the bravery their mom faced the disease with has become a kind of inspiration.

During an interview with SurvivorNet, the brother and sister told us that despite her diagnosis and the treatment she was undergoing, their mom, Gabriela, still made it a point to be present for her kids.

“Despite going through chemotherapy, despite going through radiation, she would show up at everything,” Camila said. “…I remember going on so many walks with my mom that year, and doing fun activities, and treating her the way that she wanted to be treated, and just giving her the love that she wanted.”

She added that the grace her mom faced cancer with made the little moments they spent together before she passed away so meaningful.

Edgar added that the family also managed to find humor in the situation — and that helped them cope as well.

“I remember her reluctance to wear a wig when she was losing her hair,” he said. “And then being silly with the wigs that she didn’t want to wear … I actually hadn’t appreciated how big of an effort she made to maintain a semblance of normality and have us live our lives the way she wanted us to live them.”

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