This is one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to write. My mom, my best friend and the best caregiver for me took her last breath on April 3, 2025.

I’m still in denial and disbelief that she’s gone. It only took two months after finding out that my mom had a mass in her lungs, for cancer to take her from me.

Let’s take it back to 12 years ago when mom beat breast cancer. She hated dealing with doctors but she went through a mastectomy then chemo like the strong, bad ass woman she was. After going through all those treatments, she always said that she’d rather not know if something was wrong again. I understood her feelings on that but I didn’t think it would take her away as quickly as it did. It came back so aggressive this time and was growing rapidly. In three short months of knowing something was wrong, our suspicions would be confirmed and it would be too late to do anything about it. She had a big mass in her lung that had metastasized to her brain. We knew that before she could even get in for a biopsy as she started showing signs. She was having trouble communicating, would get confused and was starting to get weak.

Cancer stole my mother from me. It stole my best friend and the best mom I could have ever asked for. We were together almost everyday for 6 years since my spinal cord injury. I’m not sure how I’m going to get through every day without being able to talk to her, laugh with her or get on each other’s nerves like every mother and daughter relationship. Everyone who knows Pam loved her for her outgoing personality, her brutal honesty and her big, loving, caring heart. 31 years of my life doesn’t seem long enough time with you mom. I will forever miss you ❤️

Your donation, no matter how small, will make a significant difference in my life as I navigate this loss. It’ll first help me pay for her cremation and the rest will go towards helping me stay in our home as I no longer have my mom to help support or take care of me. She always said “no one will take better care of you than your own mom” that she was right..

https://www.franklindownsfuneralhome.com/tributes/Pamela-Masini

Other Ways To Donate

Apple Pay

Zelle-Teresa L Masini

Paypal-@wildthangteresa

Venmo-@TeresaMasini