My Mother, The Warrior

I started this comic originally as a Mother’s Day gift. However, when my mom revealed that she had breast cancer, I spent weeks grappling with my realization of my parents’ age and guilt about my happy, independent life across the country from them. My mom cried in fear that my little brother and I might grow up without a nurturing parent to go home to. Even when faced with months of chemo or god forbid, death, she thought of her children first. “I wasn’t strong enough to avoid cancer,” she would beat herself up for.

I was appalled to hear that. My mother is the strongest warrior I know.

I created this comic to commemorate her fearlessness, adventurous spirit, and endless love.