Category: Breast Cancer Awareness

  • Breast Cancer Awareness: It’s About Showing Up

    Breast Cancer Awareness: It’s About Showing Up

      Yesterday, I hosted a breast cancer awareness open house.  Breast cancer is a cause that is close to my heart and I wanted a chance to bring people together, talk about breast cancer, and hopefully raise a little money in the process.  It was a relatively simple way to get women thinking about their…

  • Why We Need To Keep Talking About Breast Cancer

    Why We Need To Keep Talking About Breast Cancer

    Why is it important to continue talking about breast cancer?  Haven’t we exhausted the conversation already?  Doesn’t everyone already know about it? Breast cancer has been around for many years.  We have become really good at talking about it.  We even devote a whole month to it.  It’s a common disease that people have become used…

  • Easy Painted Pumpkins for Breast Cancer Awareness

    Easy Painted Pumpkins for Breast Cancer Awareness

    As part of my 31 Days of Pink I had to flex my creative, crafty muscles.  If you know me, you know that this is a muscle I rarely move, let alone flex.  In fact, my crafty muscle has atrophied I am sure.  My creative muscle however has been bulking up over the past year…

  • A Letter To Breast Cancer

    A Letter To Breast Cancer

    To Breast Cancer: You have been my adversary for 23 years.  Your ruthlessness has haunted me.  Your unpredictability and deception have caused many sleepless nights.  I was convinced you would return for me. I prepared my battle plan.  Healthy Diet.  Exercise.  Self exams.  Fundraising events.  Yearly doctor visits.  Yearly mammograms.  MRIs. Biopsies. I wasn’t going…

  • 31 Days Of Pink

    31 Days Of Pink

        About a month ago I decided to do one thing every day in October to promote breast cancer awareness.  It is a very personal cause that is close to my heart.  See why below. Ironically, my dear friend who is always trying to encourage my blog and my writing told me this morning about…