i've always thought of those courageous women who have combatted and withstood the pitfalls of breast cancer. i've seen women from my family struggled, succumbed and survived the ferocious c a few times.
i am no stranger to this fact, being a daughter of a survivor. my siblings and i learned at an early age the severity that the illness could bring. the experience has allowed myself to feel for those women afflicted with the same condition. the invisble link binding women together is spun by our innate nature for compassion, nurturing instinct and need for belongingness.
i will share in a separate entry my personal journey to self discovery as i begin to protect myself and mitigate the high risks of it happening to me. i am saluting a strong woman whom i have had the pleasure of knowing during the my last year in graduate school. her unwavering strength and willingness to survive her ordeal for her family, children and herself make her truly an admirable woman. it's very different if you're hearing the person speaks personally of her journey to recovery. the truimphs are at their greatest when a person has learned to accept her situation and has a firm resolve in overcoming the big c.
my friend, carla sison, has shown me that a person can live a normal life and be the best she can be to herself and to those around her despite the challenges and uncertainty breast cancer brings. she has been an inspiration and a living testimony of how strong a woman is. she had to stop grad school for a year when she was diagnosed and had undergone chemotherapy. she sped through the road to recovery and was back in her usual fighting form soon after.
she went back to playing badminton and topped up mba class of 2007.
i know that not all women who have been blessed and cursed with the big c are as fortunate as carla or my mother is. breast cancer has taken many lives and has left many families, motherless. but no one can discount the courage, willingness, and determination a girl or woman has in standing up for a fate she has no hold of. for those of us who are lucky enough to talk about this tremendous and life-changing experience, let us continue to fight against the big c by pro-actively arming ourselves with the best care we can afford and let us remain steadfast in our resolve in uplifting those who have less, those who are not as strong as us.
(photo taken from Google)
i am no stranger to this fact, being a daughter of a survivor. my siblings and i learned at an early age the severity that the illness could bring. the experience has allowed myself to feel for those women afflicted with the same condition. the invisble link binding women together is spun by our innate nature for compassion, nurturing instinct and need for belongingness.
i will share in a separate entry my personal journey to self discovery as i begin to protect myself and mitigate the high risks of it happening to me. i am saluting a strong woman whom i have had the pleasure of knowing during the my last year in graduate school. her unwavering strength and willingness to survive her ordeal for her family, children and herself make her truly an admirable woman. it's very different if you're hearing the person speaks personally of her journey to recovery. the truimphs are at their greatest when a person has learned to accept her situation and has a firm resolve in overcoming the big c.
my friend, carla sison, has shown me that a person can live a normal life and be the best she can be to herself and to those around her despite the challenges and uncertainty breast cancer brings. she has been an inspiration and a living testimony of how strong a woman is. she had to stop grad school for a year when she was diagnosed and had undergone chemotherapy. she sped through the road to recovery and was back in her usual fighting form soon after.
she went back to playing badminton and topped up mba class of 2007.
i know that not all women who have been blessed and cursed with the big c are as fortunate as carla or my mother is. breast cancer has taken many lives and has left many families, motherless. but no one can discount the courage, willingness, and determination a girl or woman has in standing up for a fate she has no hold of. for those of us who are lucky enough to talk about this tremendous and life-changing experience, let us continue to fight against the big c by pro-actively arming ourselves with the best care we can afford and let us remain steadfast in our resolve in uplifting those who have less, those who are not as strong as us.
(photo taken from Google)
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