June 17th, 2008
Yes, school’s out for summer. I’m ready for a pink ribbon raucous. At least, that’s what I’m expecting. Noise, noise, noise. It’ll be hard to accomplish much of anything once my babies are home with me for their summer vacation. But I don’t mind one bit.
Bring. It. On.
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May 10th, 2008
It just isn’t fair.
Because mothers really, really get it all done, don’t they? They manage the household (the bills, the utilities, the repairs). They cook and they clean and they shop and they launder. They care for the children (the bumps and the bruises, the dentist and doctor appointments, the school/camp/sports registrations). They take care […]
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May 9th, 2008
I remember the first time someone put one of these rubber pink awareness bracelets on my wrist. I was at a friend’s for a New Year’s Eve party. I’d just completed my first treatment protocol (a partial mastectomy followed by seven weeks of radiation therapy) and I’d started taking my Tamoxifen. I wasn’t quite ready […]
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April 23rd, 2008
Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer in the world. There are 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in the United States. Globally, 4.4 million women are alive today who were diagnosed with breast cancer in the last five years (source: Susan G. Komen for the Cure). It’s pretty safe to say that on any […]
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