I just finished the novel The Fault In Our Stars, by John Green. It was the most brilliant piece of work i've read in a long time. In all seriousness, I hated the ending. I'm a "fairytale ending kind of girl" and this ending left me hating the ways of the world. However, it also left me very, very grateful for my life and the people in my life.
*There will be no spoiler alerts in the blog. I am not going to summarize the book or even give you any hints because if you are planning on reading it, you should and if you already started it then by gosh you NEED to finish it.
Basically, cancer is a war. Not just a war between the individual and cancer but yet humanity as a whole and cancer. I am lucky enough to have not been bit all that close to home by the cancer bug. My grandfather died of lung cancer when I was young but luckily for me I was too young to remember the bad effects cancer has on a person. I only remember the good things about him. Just a couple years ago one of my good friend from high school Ashton was diagnosed with hodgkins disease, a form of lymphoma cancer. This was a scary time, with us not being as close as we once were and me not feeling like anything I said or did could help. I cannot imagine what it would have been like to lose her, I'm thankful everyday for the doctors that healed her and for an amazing all-knowing father in heaven who let her have another chance.
Cancer isn't just a disease it is a life-change. The novel, The Fault In Our Stars was meant to be fictitious but it still shows the harsh and brutal realities that cancer can bring upon an individual and the people around them. As for now, in my position I stand I can only pray that we find a cure for cancer and then families, individuals and even full countries can stop fighting the war.
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