Once upon a time there was a queen battling cancer...

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. In Spain, one mother's battle with breast cancer, and the need to explain it to her young sons, motivated her writing a fairy tale to describe her challenge.

El Mundo features the story of author Irene Aparici. When she was diagnosed with breast cancer, she decided to face this new stage of life with optimism, and explain to her children, ages 10 and 12, the battle that lay ahead of them . “Mom goes to war” is that fairy tale.

Read the complete story here.

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