i read about the news last weekend, while i was biding time at work. i really couldn't do what i was supposed to do anymore so i decided to check the web. i searched for whatever update was available about her and was...downhearted when i read about this one:
37 year old indo-canadian actress and former model, lisa rani ray, was diagnosed with a rare and incurable form of bone marrow cancer called multiple myeloma last june 23, 2009.
during my two-day hiatus i was contemplating on whether i should blog about it or not, my heart is still mending, as if she is a close friend or a relative. i don't know why i reacted that way. i so far have seen her in 3 films and some bits and pieces of the movies she starred in on youtube. she has starred in i can't think straight, the world unseen and water - those were the 3 movies i was talking about. but it was her movie 'bollywood/hollywood' that catapulted her to fame as an actor.
perhaps her influence on me stems really not on the movies i have seen, but the heart rending posts she continues to share thru her blog lisaraniray.wordpress.com.
her blog's shout out is: 'never stop fighting.' that i think is brave, apt, courageous, audacious and simply brings her into an utterly different kind of light. her battle against myeloma necessitated the use of steroids, which has a number of side effects, one is causing the person to look 'bloated' (this was the exact same word lisa used on her blog).
lisa started getting treatment a week after the results came in. her blog takes her audience through her journey in dealing with cancer. she looked like she has gained weight and her post last december 12, 2009 shows us that she has lost her hair.
lisa, i am re-posting my third tattoo for you. for all the ordeals i had to confront, i always turned to the Almighty. i am sure that you are doing the exact same thing right this very moment. have faith. never succumb. one step is a complete journey. my heart goes out to you. this life is worth celebrating and allow all of us who respect and admire you do that every day.
you are amazing inside and out.
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