World AIDS Day.

OK,
so yesterday was world AIDS day and it made me think.Think about
all those people(the 33 million people)who are living with the disease.
It also made me think about the 25 million people who have died from AIDS since 1981. when people speak about AIDS they always talk
about the statistics but we rarely talk about the people who are living
with the virus. In August of 2005 i lost a close relative of mine to AIDS. It was my cousin and she was full of life and had her whole life ahead of her and she was robbed of her life. Now she is gone and her children are without a mother and it could have essentially all been avoided. I believe the only way the world can "cure" HIV/AIDS is to educate the people on protection and the importance of waiting to have sex and not being afraid to say 'no'. No to being a victim, no to the that someone who is forcing you to do something you dont want to do. Also not being afraid to say 'yes' to being educated, and yes to getting tested, and yes to loving yourself enough to say no sometimes.