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[quote=Anonymous]My sibling and I were teens when our mom died of cancer. You've received a lot of good advice on here and I wanted to really echo the poster who said to be careful about telling your kids how "brave" or "good" they are because as that poster said, then you feel like you can't share any of your sad or scared feelings.  I remember going into the bathroom and turning on the faucet every time I wanted to cry, because I didn't want my mom to hear me and be worried about me.  My mom took us to one of her chemo sessions and it demystified it for us - your 13 yr old may want to go with you. (On a side note I also had cancer as an adult and there was a man in the infusion room who had his 3 kids with him one days, the youngest was probably 5 and the oldest 10.).  Therapy will be really important to give your kids an outlet to process how they feel.  Your kids will be okay - their lives will be different but okay. this is a shitty hand for you and them but as humans we are programmed to move forward. Best wishes to you, OP. [/quote]

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