New book by my favorite author! The long awaited English translation of my mother's FIRST book is out! To be honest, when I first read her Spanish script a few years ago I put it off because I was so nervous to see what really happened. See, the first time she was diagnosed with breast cancer, we both had just graduated, me with a BA, she with an MA, we moved to a new house and I started my first full time job. There was so much change going on that I sort of put my mom's illness into a black box. I knew it was there, it existed, and it was affecting me, but I didn't know how. People would ask me things like, how is your mom doing? and I'd be like, she's good. Because I didn't want to ask her the details. My mom, the strong one wasn't supposed to get sick, so I just kind of, blacked it out. The second time she was diagnosed with Breast Cancer, this time I was engaged, living in DC and starting the second semester of my MBA. It was easy again to not know the details and given that we as a family have done this once we could do it again. I've actually lost my train of thought and I definitely lost track of what I was trying to write in the beginning, but...my mother has asked us all to see her illness as blessing (???). If you know my mother, she will be the first one to annoyingly say "everything happens for a reason" when something bad happens and her 2x cancer diagnoses, it was the same expression. It has definitely given me perspective in life. I used to get so stressed about everything...grades, friendships, self imposed goals...I'd freak out. Now if something doesn't go my way, I'm like...well it's not as serious as cancer so it'll be fine. I know it's a weird way to look at things, but my mom says life is easier this way haha and mom knows best. Anyway go read her book. #linkinbio #emotionalaf #lyndareads