Happy Halloween! This might spook you!

Once a year, on the 31st of October, monsters, ghosts and zombies all go out to hunt you down...

October: Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

I know this month is almost over, like in 2 days, but I just had to write how I have dealt with close cases in my own family. 

Breast cancer is something you might think that might never happen to you or the people you love the most. But just to let you know, cancer doesn't recognize and select people. It can happen to you, to a stranger, a friend, anyone really. 

My story, well the story of my family, begins when I was 6 years old. My father's sister (my very loved auntie) was detected breast cancer at a very advanced stage. There was nothing to be done, she had just to wait and see what happened. My cousin was left devastated, she lost her mom at a very early age. she was only 10. 

My mom's cousin, the mom of my best friend and my very own cousin, was detected breast cancer too, when we both were 10. 4 years later after loosing my other aunt. I couldn't believe it. It was hard, but luckily doctors detected it while it was at an early stage. She received Chemo-therapy and went through 2 surgical procedures to remove the tumor. It all went great, she is still with us and has a pretty good quality of life. She is a survivor. Now she has officially beaten cancer, she has 12 years with no sign of a new flourishing cancer cells. She is with us. 

A year ago, one of my grandma's sisters, they are 8 siblings and which 7 are women, received the diagnose that she had a 5 cm tumor in her right breast. She had cancer. In the family we all thought that this couldn't be happening. 10 years later after having one member being a survivor, another one got sick. Just our luck. Very difficult news. She received Chemo-therapy, underwent surgical procedures, and received radio-therapy. She had some complications because of the surgeries, but she is here with us. She really is. Now she is helping one of her daughters to prepare for her move. She couldn't be better. 

After a few months that we got the news of my aunt's diagnose, we were still trying to process it. When something else occurred. My grandma went to the doctor to her annual check up. They detected she had a small bump in her left breast. She had it tested. It was cancer. 2 cases in a row, inside our family. We were still not used to it. 

This last case is very close, I live with her, I see what she's going through,  I hate it, and at the same time, I can't face the fact that she is not her normal self. It is true when they say cancer affects the whole family not just the sick member of it. 

The moods, the stress, the faces you have to handle are just all combined and makes it more difficult. I can speak about this experience from my point of view and the perspective of what we are going through. They say that people need to make a good environment, always keep the problems aside, but let me tell you, saying it is easier than actually doing so. You have to be strong, but when you are crushed in the inside, it becomes more difficult by the day. 

Even though you want to cry, you have to suck it up and put a mask, trying to make the mood less charged and lighten it up. It is so different from what you hope it to be.

I love my grandma, I couldn't imagine how it would be without her. But luckily, she is recovering well, I see her more like herself. She underwent 2 surgeries at the beginning to remove the tumor. She received Chemotherapy and now she is receiving her radiotherapy. She ends her treatment mid November. She will be fine. She is fine. 

With this post, I am trying to say, that it is important to prevent it. There are many webpages, centers that you can go to, hospitals and else where that can guide you on how you can detect it early so that you can get a fast solution. 

Breast cancer can attack anyone, and has no distinction on age. The earlier you discover something, the faster you can treat it and make it less harmful to your health. 

Share the awareness, live right. 

xo, 

S.A 

picture from here. 

Sunday Funday: TAG edition!

A couple of days ago Becca, from Looks and Books with Becca, did a really fun tag that just caught my eye and made me feel super hyper about it! It is the What's your fragrance? TAG and of course I had to do it too. Besides nail polish, the other thing that I have to have on me at all times, beauty related, is perfume or any other thing that makes me smell nice and sweet! 

So on we go with the questions!

1. Fruity, floral, warm, spicy, or food smell?

     

I love fruity and spicy smells. They are my favorite of all time. 

2. Body spray or perfume?

For days that I am just lounging at home or running errands for the house I will spray myself with body      spray and for the times that I am off to class, going to meetings, dates or to meet some friends I will spray perfume because they last a lot longer and I don't have to reapply that often as I would with body spray. 

3. What's your all time favorite perfume?

My all time favorite perfume is L'air du temps from Nina Ricci.

4. What's your all time favorite body spray?

My all time favorite Body Spray is the Pear Glacé from Victoria's Secret. It is super fruity and sweet, I just love it.

5.What fragrance are you wearing right now?

As I'm just lounging at home today, thinking about studying some more for my tests this week, I am wearing my Pear Glacé body spray. 

I hope you guys enjoyed it and I encourage you to do this fun little TAG. It is great, so as they say I TAG all of you out there! <3

xo, 

S.A 

picture from here. 

New Social Platform: Pheed

Having a lovely sunny Saturday just makes my spirit lift up. And with that I just wanted to let you guys know that there is great new platform called Pheed. Maybe some of you have already heard about it and some of you may have no idea on what I'm talking about here. 

Well up to a couple of days ago, I had no idea on what it was too. I saw Miley Cyrus tweeted about it and that it has awesome apps, like a sound post, a photo post, a video post and also text posts. You can write about twice more than the 140 characters that twitter offers and you have like some options to copyright the content in there. 

I can see now why the majority of celebs have an account there to post pictures and videos. It is more safe for them that way. 

So I joined. Not that I am a big fan of copyrighting but I had to try it at least for the first photo pheed I uploaded! 

Check it out! it seems to have a nice future! 

I hope you are enjoying your weekend so far! 

xo, 

S.A