Oy Minna-San,

Well, I know that the title can be a bit hard to comprehend as to wtf I'm going to be talking about, but that was kindof my point XD This isn't a happy journal entry by far cry of the imagination, but I felt as if I should let you guys know whats up with me, and why I perhaps seemed a bit down lately...

It just so happens that only last Tuesday my cousin Kelly, who married into our family and has two small children with my blood-related cousin, has been dignosed with breast cancer. Now fortunately for me, neither side of my families have cancer of any form, so that means I don't have to be as worried about this sortof thing... But now that it's home with a family member, this has become even more important to me. I've always been up and about when it comes to supporting causes and what not, but now it's literally a personal thing.

I know alot of people here aren't into religion, or are even Atheistic, but if you guys wouldn't mind, would you kindly keep her in your thoughts and / or prayers tonight or whenever you pray or feel empathetic towards a certain someone you know or don't know ? It would mean THE WORLD to me and my family to know that there are people out there other than ourselves that are thinking of my cousin in this VERY scary and difficult time.

Thank you to any of you who decides to read this, and I thank you numerously even more if you are, are going to, or already have said some prayers for her and our family. We won't ever let her stop fighting, even though they've already taken her left breast and are considering taking the right one as well !! LIVEstrong; Isn't that the American Cancer Society's oath and prayer for all those people affected ? ^^

Ja ne minna-san ^^