I am a hispanic female, born in Puerto Rico, and has been living in Philadelphia since 1974. I have 2 children who are married now. A daughter and a son, my daughter has 4 children and my son has two so i am lucky to have them and my grandchildren. I am very close to my youngest sister, we have bottle many challenges. She has four children whom i love very much. A year ago my life took a turn where i finised a toxic relationship that lasted for 7 years, it was hard but i am much better now. It takes a long time for wounds to heal. During that time, for the first time i got sick, and had to have surgury, which it was a shock to me since, i pretty much has been pretty healthy. However, i have noticed during the past four years somechanges, once was my weight, then my lack of sleep and sometimes moody. I contributed all those symptoms to meneopuase, but it was my thyroid, i was diagnosed w/thyroid (nudules was cancer. That episode of my life changed the way i look at life now. I am greatful to God, and to my doctor i made it through, and now two months later, i am riding my bike, enjoying life, trying to recover my normal way to feel better about myself and to feel healthy. This was a significant episode of my life that only teaches me that life is too short to wasted on toxic relationships or complaining about things that we dont have but to embrace life with love. I love my self. I am glad am here. Yemalla,