Jade Goody Battles Cancer for Boys

Most moms have needed to broach difficult topics with their kids, but few would have had to talk about the c word. Cancer. So spare a thought for British reality TV star Jade Goody. She was recently diagnosed with second-stage cervical cancer, but has not found the courage to tell her sons Bobby Jack, five, and three-year-old Freddie.

She’s told them “Mummy has a tummy ache,” and is quietly battling the cancer on her own. She told The Sun this is hardest because she has “to be realistic and face the possibility that I might not live to see them grow up.”

One thing she’s not going to do is give up.

“I am going to fight the damn thing every step of the way because I have two beautiful boys who are my world.”

I wish her the very best of luck at this challenging time.