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The ony reason I attempted to read this book (lent to me by my dearest Italian friend in London whom I dearly miss) was because my Mom has cancer and this book was about a little 7 year old girl who loses her mom to cancer. I guess I wanted to learn what it would be like should I lose my Mother one day to cancer *God forbid*.

The story is about a 1960s family set in Bristol, England and narrates the minds of two sensitive relationships back and forth, mother and daughter, about how they feel daily about the world, their day to day lives and of each other.

I would kill to read my mother’s diary for this but I don’t think she has one. It really shows just how far we are sometimes from the truth. Just because someone does or says something, doesn’t mean whatever you perceive in your mind. I’ve always known that but this book refreshed that fact, because as people, we’re just engineered to show what we want to show. I’m not so good at this because I am more transparent. If I don’t like you, you’ll know.

The book took me a long time to finish as evidently, it has been in my handbag for the longest time (I was going to link this but couldn’t find those posts!!! Do you remember the 2 times I posted about my handbag contents??? Then I remembered that Pek Imm made a comment about chucking the book so I did a search and voila! Thank you Pek Imm!). See here and here.

I’m glad I finally got to finish it this last trip to Chiangmai. It was the 6 hour plane ride (to and fro) and I had tons of babysitters on board. Thank you to my aunt who entertained Tee all the way back with hand cream as baby bear shampoo, tissues as diapers and rolls of paper as baby bear food.

To be honest, the book was boring, hence it took me that long (almost 6 months, ahaha!). But it was interesting to learn insight into cancer patients as it confirmed how moody they were – like a light switch, one day off, one day on. They cannot help it, they are suffering. And the author did well in switching voices really well in her book, not an easy thing to do. Would I recommend it? I think it’s worth a flip if you had a mom with cancer or if you were a mom with cancer.

Despite the boring read, I still cried on the plane when it came to the last page. SO SAD!!!! Poor 7 year old girl!!!

Eat healthy, my friends, and exercise…….because you only live once. And at very least, you owe it to your loved ones.

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Who is Mamapumpkin?
Mamapumpkin spent 7 years in London committing crimes to gain her Bartlett degree in Architecture. She then spent 7 years as a Stay At Home Mom raising her children as documented in this blog of over 15 years thereafter returning to the Corporate World stronger than ever as the Country Director of a British Multinational. She sets out to prove to all, that you can have anything and everything that you want; if you have that fire of desire burning within and the drive to work hard. Even better with much love.

Mamapumpkin has not only grown corporate businesses successfully in the past but has grown not one but TWO network marketing businesses in the notorious MLM (Multi-Level Marketing) industry, achieving success in under 2 years. She believes in the MLM business model but realises the DRASTIC PITFALLS and great stigma attached to it, understanding EXACTLY WHY the majority would shy away (or RUN for their lives) from ANY MLM business. But open your eyes and take time to understand it intellectually, remove your hang-ups, confirm your research, and you may just want to seize an opportunity. She did. And no, she never went about chasing people for sales. She had a sophisticated system work for her through technology and a smartphone.

She now impacts lives authentically with proven strategies amassed through the last decade of her own transformation offering online coaching programmes and always supports the underprivileged. She believes that we can all have a life of our own desires to enable real contribution into the world. But first, one needs to understand what this all means.

A beautiful life without limits.

If you wish to learn some tools to propel your life forward guaranteed, be brave enough to make contact as her life's purpose is to build people. She operates through a discovery call after which she will commit to helping you. Or not.

Most lose out on an opportunity because they are afraid they would be sold to, conned or whatever fear resides in their brain without even trying. And that's on them.

Mamapumpkin is a living testimony that women really can have a lot. Being financially and time free has enabled her to travel the world anytime, anywhere, doing anything, and she spends most of her days with her children, having fun, and supporting others wherever she can. Also having fun.