I'm a child of a father with cancer

I dare to post this photo to signify my sympathy to those women who are in pain struggling of breast cancer and those family members who live in fear, afraid that one day the woman/ man they love dearly will be away from them forever (on a worldly context though. Worldly because I believe in eternity with my God who may also be your God.)

I am this emotional when talking about cancer because I'm a child of a father diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer. I have my share of heartbreaking stories as I used not to accept the fact that the man closest to me has cancer. I had my share of grief when I found out that my Papa Lando has cancer.

I experienced denial, anger, depression, bargaining, and acceptance. I had been to all those stages, of course journeying with family, not just once but I experienced the entire stages for a couple of times since the time my Papa Lando was diagnosed with the disease March of 2012.

And as of this writing, I guess I already accepted that my Papa has cancer. He is under medication through alternative medicine and as of September this year,
the doctor said that he is already on safe zone and we are looking forward and still praying for him to be cancer-free.

Again, I'm one with all women,
and men, who are suffering from cancer,
all those family members who has/have loved ones suffering from cancer and even those family members that miss their loved ones who departed because of cancer.

And to those who have loved ones with cancer, like me, let's have faith that God heals those who seek to be healed. Let's keep fighting for them. Please know and remember that they draw strength from us. They continue to fight against cancer because they know they're loved.

In felt that from my Papa Lando and I believe he has that good fighting spirit because he knows he is loved by his wife, son, daughters, sisters, in-laws, nieces, nephews, cousins, even our neighbors, family friends and my workmates who continuously pray for him all the time, and of course he knows that God loves him dearly.

Note: If you are with me and if you know someone who has the same challenges, I don't mind if you share this. I hope this blog inspires others to hold on and continue fighting, for the sake of the people we love.

Adventure: T'was a pink ribbon and little card

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