Talia Joy Castenello, a 13 year old cancer patient of Orlando, Florida, passed away at 11:22am July 16th 2013. This girl, I found first, searching makeup videos on YouTube. I was blown away by her talent at such a young age, and how she embraced her baldness in such a confidant way. Then I started following her on Instagram, watching her every update and every move. This girl was not only and admirable makeup artist, she truly inspired me and gave me the strength to pull through some hard situations.
I looked at this gorgeous child, dealing with such a deadly disease, something that was slowly eating her up, and she still had the hope and faith that she is going to win this battle with cancer. Despite the horrible fact that she had terminal cancer, she was still bubbly, lively, outgoing, sarcastic, funny, and absolutely rocking the fact that she was bald. She made all those mountains that I was climbing, seem like just a grain of sand. All the problems in my life that I thought were huge, she made them seem so small.
I use to look at her pictures and watch her videos, she would be in a hospital bed, tied up to all these machines, and still have a huge smile on her face. It made me think, if a little girl, that has been through alot more than I hopefully wont ever will be, and can still be happy, why can’t I? This girl is terminally ill. Why should my small problems make me depressed, I have my health, and a full life ahead of me.
I am positive I am not the only one that feels Talia has made a difference in their lives. This little girl has made an impact on the whole entire world. I feel like I know her I have known her forever, and when I saw that she was gone, I cried. Because we will not be seeing any new videos of this sunshine, but I was relieved at the same time, because her and her family are not suffering anymore with her. She is in no more pain, no more agony, she is at rest now and is in a better place. Even though her body has left this earth, her spirit and soul won’t, she will be around all that love her. She has truly left footprints in all of our hearts.
My condolences to Talia’s family & friends. We are all never going to forget this little angel. ❤
-iamwhatiam54
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