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We’ve all heard the story 

of Sleeping Beauty but, 

have you heard the story 

of Cancer Beauty, 

Kelsey? Kelsey was an 

ordinary girl until she 

found out something 

terrifying.

I woke up on a sunny Wednesday just like any other day. I 

brushed my long brown hair, brushed my teeth, put on 

jeans with my barrel racing belt, my purple genuine cowgirl 

shirt, and cowgirl boots so I can go check on the horses and 

other animals before I go to school like I do every morning. 

But, I started to feel some pain in my neck, but hey, it’s 

probably nothing, right? But, I ignore it and go outside and 

of course the first horses to come up to me are my two 

horses Cash, a 9 year old buckskin quarter horse and 

Spartan, a 10 year old black quarter horse. I groomed them 

quick, jumped in my truck that I just got for my sixteenth 

birthday, and drove to school. When I get to school I run 

into my best friend, Amber. We have been best friends since 

kindergarten.

“Hey, Amber,” I stated.

    “Hey, Kelsey did you hear?” she 

questioned as we walked in to 

biology.

    “Hear what?” I answered.

    “You know Sam from our History 

class?” she asked.

“Yeah, “I started, “What about 

him?”.

    “He has cancer and has to get a 

tumor removed,” she stated.

“Cancer?” I whispered. The bell rang and class 

started. After biology I started to feel more pain 

in my neck, but I ignored it again. As I was 

walking to English I saw a sign for a free psychic 

reading. I decided to go since there was no line 

and I had time to spare. I walked in and the 

room was dark, had one small round table, and 

had a crystal ball in the center of the table. Okay, 

this has to be a joke, I thought, but I wanted to 

get the reading. I walked over to the small table 

and sat down across from a middle aged woman 

with blues eyes and blonde hair, who I’m 

guessing is the psychic.

“Hello child,” she starts, “What is your name?”

    “Hi, I’m Kelsey,” I state.

    “Why do you come for a reading?” she 

questions.

    “Um,” I stutter, “I just want to know if this 

kid in our grade, Sam, is going to be okay 

because he has cancer and just my future in 

general”.

    “Okay, let’s begin” she added, “first put your 

hands palms up on the table”. When she 

started to look at my hands she got this 

strange look in her eyes.

“What?” I questioned.

    “Sam, will be fine, but my dear child, you have cancer 

as well.” She answered.

    “No! No! That can’t be,” I yell and storm out of the 

room. My neck hurts even more so I leave school and 

go to the hospital. When I arrive they get me right into 

the MRI. When I’m out they tell me I will have to wait 

twenty-four hours for the results.

Then next day I get a call from the hospital 

and they tell me I have a type of cancer called 

thyroid cancer that moved into my lungs. I 

drop my phone on the floor in shock. Cancer! 

How could I have cancer? I am a healthy 

person. They also told me I have to go to 

some support group in this one place I didn’t 

even know existed. It is every Thursday at 

4:30, so that means I get to go today. I take a 

sick day because I don’t feel like going to 

school or do anything, so I took a nap.

When I woke up it was 4:00 so I got in my car 

and drove to support group. When I got there I 

followed this group of kids down some stairs 

into a basement of a hospital. Wow, how 

convenient. I went and sat down and saw this 

talk, hot, guy staring at me. He has brown hair 

and brown eyes; he is wearing a black t-shirt, 

with a brown leather jacket, jeans, and tennis 

shoes.   Turns out we had to actually have to 

speak at this thing, why I don’t know. They 

started with the guy that was staring at me.

“My name is Luke,” he 

started, “I’m sixteen years 

old. I had a touch of 

osteosarcoma and I’ve been 

cancer free for about 6 

months”. Then some other 

kids talked and then it was 

my turn.

“Um… my name is Kelsey,” I 

started, “I’m sixteen years old. 

I just found out today that I 

have thyroid cancer that moved 

into my lungs”. Luke was 

staring at me the whole time I 

was talking and the rest of 

support group. After it was 

over, I went towards the doors 

when someone grabbed my 

arm. I spun around and it was 

Luke.

“Hey, Kelsey right?” he spoke.

    “Yeah,” I stated.

    “Do you want to go see a movie with me?” he 

questioned.

    “Um, sure”, I stuttered.

    “Okay, let’s go,” says Luke. We walked to the movie 

theatre since it’s only two blocks away. When we get 

there we go see Soul Surfer. After the movie I get a call 

from the hospital saying they want to put me on a med 

called Caprelsa that “helps” with the cancer. Luke gives 

me his number and we go our separate ways. 

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