Mother and daughter publish book about their journey after a terminal diagnosis [Video]

A mother and daughter from Saskatchewan, Tennille and Lydia Corbett, were given news that no one wants to receive: one of them is dying.

Tennille was diagnosed with terminal endometrial cancer and given 18 months to live.

“When she said, ‘I have about 18 months to live,’ we were like, ‘That’s just a number. It’s fine.’ But … the more you sit with it and the more you think about how much time we really have, it’s not a lot,” Lydia said.

To cope with their feelings and the sudden change, the two wrote a book called (Un)remarkable.

“(Un)remarkable is sort of a play on words…. For those that have chronic illness or cancer and you’re reading your medical reports for the first time, the medical community, when something is not right, it’s remarkable. And when something is all clear or it looks fine, it’s unremarkable,” Tennille said.

Lydia recognizes that her mom is “very strong” …