Aside from Children's Month, #October is also a Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

And to join other breast cancer advocates,who help to make people aware of the disease, we wrote words of encouragement on a pink paper to people who are diagnosed with cancer.

My friend and workmate Eure and I went to a mall this evening and saw a bald woman singing on stage, of course we were intrigued why is she bald,
so we decided to get closer and it was then we found out that it was a breast cancer awareness event.

And as a sign of support for the cause, we joined the others in writing words of encouragement to cancer patients and hanged it on a big ribbon standee.

I did it without hesitation, even if we were not invited, because i know how it feels to have someone in the family who has cancer.

I'm an eldest daughter of a father who has colon cancer stage three. (And you know how it is to be an eldest daughter and a breadwinner of the family, in the Philippine context) My Papa Lando was diagnosed with cancer March 2012. And after more than a year the entire family is claiming that he is totally cancer-free, laboratory results and the doctor said that the cancer cells reduced significantly. Thank you, Lord, for the answered prayers and for my friends, workmates and family who were and still with us as the entire family, in one, battled for my papa's cancer.

With the journey/ season experienced, I learned to trust God, and with it I realised that a member of a family with such sickness, whom you loved dearly, needs all out support for them not to let go and for them to fight against the sickness.

That's why I'm personally one with all those people who are fighting against cancer - either the person who has cancer or the family member worrying about a loved one who has cancer.

Saying a little prayer and words of encouragement from you means a lot to those who are fighting against breast, colon or any other cancer diseases. p