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thank you to everyone for all the good wishes. I hope I can repay you sometime for your good thoughts because they mean a lot. gracias para las oraciones.
~  Steph



hi hi hi

My name is Stephanie but most people call me Steph
I was born in Perth , Australia but my mum and dad moved to London when I was two and I lived there until 8 months ago when we moved to Spain ( which is where my dad is from ) Now I go to an english-spanish school near Madrid but I am a bit behind because of missing days.
lol how boring was that intro !?!

This is where it gets more difficult.. I used to be scared of Fact. It was too definite. But I'm not really scared anymore.
I am in remission from AML Leukemia. Yes, it is not nice. I don't like being in hospital. I used to not want to tell anyone about my leukemia because people treat you different when you are sick. They whisper things and say "Oh it will be okay". Those things just made me more scared.
I had a type of chemo treatmeant (its not normal chemo.  i couldn't have that. its special drugs for the cancer) first when i was five. And it was not okay. I don't remember much of it but I am remember being very ill everyday and just having my mum beside me and the best nurse I have ever known called Mandy. I didn't want anyone else.
The special drugs only worked for a little while. When I was 7 the cancer came back so I had to have a bone-marrow transplant. Its ok if you don't understand that. I didn't either. But nurses and doctors can explain it well. Some of my blood cells did not work. But the bone marrow is made up of blood-forming cells so getting the new bone marrow meant the sick cells were gone.
I hated having the transplant. I had to spend a lot of time alone. I wasn't even allowed to see my mum sometimes. I cried a lot but Mandy kept telling me I was a fighter.
Now I feel great. I feel happy and not scared. I have not been sick since the transplant and even though I still have to go to the hospital for check-ups a lot, I don't mind. Now it really is okay.
A lot of people get really scared by cancer. I was too. I still am when I see little babies of kids who are sick but you have to keep hope. You can't stop fighting. It wont make it go away.
All my friends know now. I am not afraid to tell them. When I had chemo I lost my hair. That was so bad but it grew back. And no one laughed at me because of it.   I don't really know what elese to say now.


moving on... I write stories, poems etc whenever I get inspiration. I cant just sit down and write a poem. I write when I get an idea that I just have to put down on paper. I would like to improve as a writer so if anyone has any help or suggestions then that would be cool too.

bye bye bye

Steph

Oh and I love computers and html and I'm practicing to build my own site at the moment !!!

P.S I love wellies ! They are coolness !!

*When you thought I wasn't looking*


Author: Unknown


When you thought I wasn't looking,
I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator,
and I wanted to paint another one.

When you thought I wasn't looking,
I saw you feed a stray cat,
and I thought it was good to be kind to animals.

When you thought I wasn't looking,
I saw you make my favorite cake for me,
and I knew that little things are special things.

When you thought I wasn't looking,
I heard you say a prayer,
and I believed that there was a God to talk to.

When you thought I wasn't looking,
I felt you kiss me goodnight,
and I felt loved.

When you thought I wasn't looking,
I saw tears come from your eyes,
and I learned that sometimes things hurt,
but it's alright to cry.

When you thought I wasn't looking,
I saw that you cared,
and I wanted to be everything that I could be.

When you thought I wasn't looking,
I looked....
and I wanted to say thanks for all the things
I saw when you thought I wasn't looking.