Listening to this a year later . After my body has been assaulted over and over through chemo , surgeries, radiation....I am burnt to ashes . The physical fight is over . Now the mental and my beauty is growing. I spent my life in a quiet painful hell and this was brought to me as a gift . Thank you for making me realize I have a voice and my life is worth it ! It's pretty ironic to want to die everyday, until you are forced to fight to live .
Simply....WOW. As a writer, this was phenomenal. You are indeed strong and through your emotions and words here, your honesty is just as fearless as your diagnosis. You definitely have learned and it shines so brightly. Peace to you
I'm 52 years old and my life-long dream of learning to do woodworking is now coming true. In perusing some videos involving sanding, I came across a video of you prepping a bookcase for refinishing. Following your video, the next choices listed you & cancer. I watched with awe remembering my baby sister (15 in 1991) being diagnosed with A.L.L.(?) Leukemia and her positive attitude facing chemo. I then watched you defiantly cutting your hair off, and was taken back to when Susan (my late sister) did the same for Locks of Love. I realize that this is a few years late, but your poem is beautiful and full of the emotions that I recall all too well. I find you to be truly brave, funny, sexy, and determined. Your husband is a fortunate man to have a special person such as yourself in his life. While my sister lost her fight, your story (what little I have learned), is inspirational and touching. Thank you for sharing your experience so openly. I'm convinced that many have been driven by your humor, grace, and strength.
Aniela, you are an awesome person. Thank you for sharing your light-hearted "How to" videos, and your very courageous cancer videos as well. I wish you the best.
Beautiful and true, my cancer has been the awful teacher and life lessons I always wanted to learn but never in that way. It's been a trial by fire and I vacillate between gratitude for the experience and deep anger at the costs.
Controversial indeed! I don't think this poem will make sense to everyone. It really depends on where you were in this life BEFORE. I'm still waiting to find out what's going on with my situation but this hit me like a ton of bricks. Thank you, sincerely and wholeheartedly, thank you. God bless.
sorry but i have to disagree.... my moon had two breast cancers and now she is going through a glioblastoma (brain tumor), and none of them was metastasis... and it didn't show us (as a family) nothing but pain and fear. the brain tumor changed my mom so much that she doesn't act like my mom anymore. it didn't show me the value of love because i already have it. i was very close to my mom, i tell her almost everything. and now i can't because she don't understand. i became almost like her mother. i'm only 22 and i didn't want that responsibility right now. i love my mom, i always will, but cancer didn't show me that. cancerr made me be scared all the time. for her, for me and for my kids that are still unborn. Anyways, good luck to you and your projects! :) hope you win the batle!ncongradulations on you're idea.
+sloygonl I appreciate you point of view immensely and if I were you I imagine I would feel the same. We have very similar stories. I watched my mother pass away slowly and painfully from ovarian cancer (after having breast cancer 17 years earlier). I was so angry and heart broken. I felt like I was too young to be caring for my mother. Then I got cancer a year after she died and I thought I deserved it. This poem was the best way for me to look at Cancer and not be scared any more. Everyone processes things differently and neither is better or worse. Your point of view is valid and I am sending you and your mom tons and tons of LOVE.
This is beautiful! Out of curiosity, is this a published poem (where it has an ISBN number)? I'm a Speech and Debate competitor, and I would love to perform this poem because it has such a unique style and take on cancer. Either way, thank you for such a beautiful piece of art, it is truly inspiring.
Cancer brought my family apart, ruined our life, almost made my mother die. Also made my family have suicidal thoughts as she was trying to fight, along with herself even. And it’s happened to my aunts, friends parents and killed them the more they tried to fight. I’m sorry but I really don’t like this poem. Cancer is a gift? Brings families together? Complete opposite.
Thank you. I love you for writing and publishing this. I cry every single time I watch this.
I am a cancer survivor. This is Truth. Thank you so much!!!!!
Listening to this a year later . After my body has been assaulted over and over through chemo , surgeries, radiation....I am burnt to ashes . The physical fight is over . Now the mental and my beauty is growing. I spent my life in a quiet painful hell and this was brought to me as a gift . Thank you for making me realize I have a voice and my life is worth it !
It's pretty ironic to want to die everyday, until you are forced to fight to live .
Simply....WOW. As a writer, this was phenomenal. You are indeed strong and through your emotions and words here, your honesty is just as fearless as your diagnosis. You definitely have learned and it shines so brightly. Peace to you
misslocdnloaded Thank you. Cancer can be an amazing teacher.
I'm 52 years old and my life-long dream of learning to do woodworking is now coming true.
In perusing some videos involving sanding, I came across a video of you prepping a bookcase for refinishing. Following your video, the next choices listed you & cancer. I watched with awe remembering my baby sister (15 in 1991) being diagnosed with A.L.L.(?) Leukemia and her positive attitude facing chemo.
I then watched you defiantly cutting your hair off, and was taken back to when Susan (my late sister) did the same for Locks of Love.
I realize that this is a few years late, but your poem is beautiful and full of the emotions that I recall all too well. I find you to be truly brave, funny, sexy, and determined. Your husband is a fortunate man to have a special person such as yourself in his life.
While my sister lost her fight, your story (what little I have learned), is inspirational and touching.
Thank you for sharing your experience so openly. I'm convinced that many have been driven by your humor, grace, and strength.
Aniela, you are an awesome person. Thank you for sharing your light-hearted "How to" videos, and your very courageous cancer videos as well. I wish you the best.
This is amazing. Such a great perspective. I can't stop watching this. Goosebumps and tears. You are so strong, Aniela.
I agree.... so admire this young woman!!!
Beautiful and true, my cancer has been the awful teacher and life lessons I always wanted to learn but never in that way. It's been a trial by fire and I vacillate between gratitude for the experience and deep anger at the costs.
Exactly why i believe im suffering from cancer now .
Stage 3 at 37
All that hate , saddness , and fear brought me here.....
I just found your videos by chance today. My heart goes out to you. Keep doing what you are doing, I am so proud of you.
Empowerment personified - thank you for sharing yourself
You're wonderful. And who would have thought I discovered you by looking for videos on polyurethane. :) Hope the Miami gig goes well.
Cancer sure is full of itself!
Controversial indeed! I don't think this poem will make sense to everyone. It really depends on where you were in this life BEFORE. I'm still waiting to find out what's going on with my situation but this hit me like a ton of bricks. Thank you, sincerely and wholeheartedly, thank you. God bless.
Thank you. Sending you a huge hug as you go through all of this. I imagine as you now know, the waiting is the worst part.
sorry but i have to disagree.... my moon had two breast cancers and now she is going through a glioblastoma (brain tumor), and none of them was metastasis... and it didn't show us (as a family) nothing but pain and fear. the brain tumor changed my mom so much that she doesn't act like my mom anymore. it didn't show me the value of love because i already have it. i was very close to my mom, i tell her almost everything. and now i can't because she don't understand. i became almost like her mother. i'm only 22 and i didn't want that responsibility right now. i love my mom, i always will, but cancer didn't show me that. cancerr made me be scared all the time. for her, for me and for my kids that are still unborn.
Anyways, good luck to you and your projects! :) hope you win the batle!ncongradulations on you're idea.
+sloygonl I appreciate you point of view immensely and if I were you I imagine I would feel the same.
We have very similar stories. I watched my mother pass away slowly and painfully from ovarian cancer (after having breast cancer 17 years earlier). I was so angry and heart broken. I felt like I was too young to be caring for my mother. Then I got cancer a year after she died and I thought I deserved it. This poem was the best way for me to look at Cancer and not be scared any more.
Everyone processes things differently and neither is better or worse. Your point of view is valid and I am sending you and your mom tons and tons of LOVE.
Beautiful bitter sweet truth :.(
You are brilliant and brave. What are you doing this days?
You are so kind. Thank you. Thankfully, I am doing really well.
Beautifully written and spoken x
Wow wow wow. So powerful my dear. Love you
Really interesting and somewhat beautiful perspective.
Thank you ......
This is beautiful! Out of curiosity, is this a published poem (where it has an ISBN number)? I'm a Speech and Debate competitor, and I would love to perform this poem because it has such a unique style and take on cancer. Either way, thank you for such a beautiful piece of art, it is truly inspiring.
+Schnapp Jamata Thank you so much. I wrote this piece for my one woman show, "I Don't Have Cancer". So it isn't published.
Cancer brought my family apart, ruined our life, almost made my mother die. Also made my family have suicidal thoughts as she was trying to fight, along with herself even. And it’s happened to my aunts, friends parents and killed them the more they tried to fight. I’m sorry but I really don’t like this poem. Cancer is a gift? Brings families together? Complete opposite.
Powerful!
Powerful
Amazing 😍😍😍
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Aniela you look HOT!