Why, Mommy?

I am a sensitive soul. Must be the Pisces in me.

Typically, I cannot hear unbearably sad stories because I take them too close to heart. I would like to say this started after becoming a parent, when my heart suddenly started walking around outside of my body. But truthfully, I was an oversensitive kid. Somehow any story about tragedy or trauma just makes the world seem too cruel, too horrible to contemplate. I want to fix it in any way I can. And sometimes, we can't fix it and the ensuing helplessness is...distressing.

The story of Why, Mommy? over at Toddler Planet is heartbreaking in its unfairness. How can a mother of a 4 and 6 year-old be allowed to have cancer? But it is also inspiring in how far Susan Niebur has come in educating the public about inflammatory breast cancer. Her struggle won't be in vain because she has an Army of Princesses continuing her fight.

Some women are so inspiring, just by being.