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| Photos by Allison Hoffman |
In December of 2011 my best friend, Eileen Murphy, was diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkin's Lymphoma. We were all shocked. She had a huge tumor that was in her chest pushing on her heart along with a couple others. My life turned upside down. I didn't know what to do and had no control over any of it. Eileen had to go through 9 long months of chemo and then 6 weeks of radiation. My nervous where a mess. I had lost all control of every emotion. This was my best friend since I was 4 year old. We has a 25+ year friendship. We were next door neighbors and even went to the same college. I was devastated. But Eileen keep going through it all. She kept living her life as if cancer was not really there. She kept a "normal" lifestyle as much as she could. While I was all kinds of emotions for her. I was scared. I didn't want to lose her, I didn't want my kids to lose their aunt. I have no siblings and Eileen is more than a sister to me. I would face book her every Friday with inspirational songs, Bible versus, quotes, and even wishing her a Happy Chemo Day. She must of thought I was crazy. But we both got to the other side of it. She is now very happy to be in remission and I believe that our faith in Christ is how we both made it. They say you have to keep positive when you go through cancer and it's so true. So I have dedicated this cake to her. I also donated this for a Relay for Life fundraiser to honor her and other survivors of all cancers. I love you Eileen with all my heart. I don't know if I could make it in this crazy world without you, sis.
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