A Journey To Victory with Tremaine

Ms. Tremaine D. Hawkins shares her story as a cancer survivor.

There was a time in my life when I didn’t always think things through. I fell in love with the father of my two, beautiful daughters in my early twenties. At that time, I was very insecure, and spent a lot of time trying to keep my children’s father in our lives.  

However, in 2009, I met a gentleman with a caring heart. We had an adorable son one year later. This man was a beautiful soul, and we truly loved each other. He loved and cared for me and our son. Even more, he loved and cared for my daughters as his own. However, in 2015, my family’s life took a drastic turn. My children’s father was killed in a tragic automobile accident.

My children had not recovered from the sudden, devastating loss of their Less than a year later, as my children and I were still grieving the loss of their father, we had another scare. I found a lump in my breast.  I got a mammogram, spoke to specialists, had a biopsy, and then waited. The waiting period was the most uncomfortable time of all.

September 14, 2016, is a day I will never forget. It was a day the earth stood still for me. It was the day I found out I had breast cancer. I was a 34 years-old, single mother of three young children, diagnosed with stage 2, triple-negative, invasive cancer in my left breast. 

My children had not recovered from the sudden, devastating loss of their father! I knew my kids could not lose both of their parents.  Without thinking twice, I opted to have a double mastectomy. From that point, everything happened very fast.

I met with my oncologist to immediately begin chemotherapy. There were many days when I was very sick and weak. I prayed to God, asking Him to give me strength through it all. My mantra became, “I’m going to beat cancer. I won’t let it beat me!”

Going through treatment and therapy was an extremely difficult time for us. But my faith in God never wavered.
I fought cancer, and won! Through my faith in God, I became a giant and breast cancer was just a small thing to this giant. I have been in remission for three years.

Today, I still experience aches and pains, but I’m still here and I’m not going anywhere! My advice to anyone experiencing grief and serious illness is: Pray and believe in God, repeat Proverbs 3:5-6 each day, and live!

My advice to anyone experiencing grief and serious illness is:

• Pray and believe in God,
• Repeat Proverbs 3:5-6 each day. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your paths.

I fought cancer, and won! Through my faith in God, I became a giant and breast cancer was just a small thing to this giant. I have been in remission for three years. Today, I still experience aches and pains, but I’m still here, and I’m not going anywhere!

More about TremaineMs. Tremaine Hawkins resides in the Metro-Atlanta, Georgia. She has three beautiful children: Adrianna, Cierra, and Cameron. In addition to full-time mother, she works as a substitute teacher in the public school system. Since Tremaine’s first blog cast, she has been ordained into ministry as an associate minister at her church.
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