From Sneers to Cheers: Anthea’s Ascent

Isn't death just part of life? Everyone's got their time.

Nothing to be scared of.

Hank, who had been holding back his tears, finally let them flow freely, turning his head away to wipe his face.

"Tanya! Honey! Mom is begging you! I'm on my knees, please?" Karan knelt down in front of Tanya, "Will you go to the hospital, please? Let's listen to the doctors, let's give treatment a chance!" "Mom!" Tanya sobbed, kneeling down too.

"If your mom kneeling down isn't enough for you, then your dad is kneeling too! Kiddo! You're so young, your life's just beginning, you can't give up now! As long as there's a glimmer of hope, we can't let it go!" At this critical moment, Gage couldn't care less about appearances, kneeling down as well.

As parents, they couldn't just watch their daughter head towards death.

Cure or no cure.

Even knowing the eventual outcome, they couldn't let Tanya give up.

They just couldn't!

"Dad! Please, don't do this. I'm begging you, stand up! We all know this illness is incurable, so why waste time, why waste money? In the end, if I'm gone, and the money's gone, what's the point?"

Hank, pulling Jane to kneel with him, said, "Tanya, your mom and I are old, can you bear to see us like this? Your brother and sister-in-law are begging you too, please, give treatment a chance!" The whole family, kneeling together.

Tears pooled in Tanya's eyes, her heart heavy with sorrow.

Why did this illness choose her?

died,

family was dragged

all! Dad, Mom, big

cried with

Tanya nodded.

thank goodness!" Karan, wiping away tears of joy, helped Tanya up, "Don't worry, Tanya, we'll beat this thing! We just have

sis, you're

hospital treatment brought immense relief to

busied herself

condition surely meant

the family headed to Cloudcrest's finest

Karan

and Hank talked with

there any hope for my

has spread, and there's a serious infection in the lungs..."

"Let's proceed with hospitalization

for breathing, and lung cancer has a high mortality

more about seeking comfort than

do nothing, watching a

many, despite the grim prognosis of

the doctor's verdict, Gage and Hank broke

kneeling, pleaded, "Doctor, I'm

Her life's just