The photo challenge at IHeartFaces this week is Pink in honor of breast cancer awareness. Our previous entry tells of a friend who recently discovered she had breast cancer. An elementary school teacher(35), her entire school donned pink on the day of her surgery.
Our town was pink this week as we had the 13th Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Our Friday night football game was a Pink Out game and this the shirt my daughter wore. My daughter is 13 and will never remember a time when we didn’t take time in October to remember those who we’ve lost, honor those who have fought, and pray for those in the battle. She will also know the measures to protect herself.
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What exactly does pink for Breast Cancer Awareness mean? For my friend, Carrie, who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer it was hope and reassurance. A 35 year old mother of two young kids, she was waiting for surgery for her newly discovered breast cancer when someone showed her the texts from her co-workers. Her entire elementary school was snapped wearing pink. I still get goosebumps to think of it.
This video is from our town and I think it is amazing. Please vote for it to win. You can vote here.
I will link back to the first story we did about breast cancer. One of our young cousins has fought the battle. It was shocking for us to have someone so young in our lives diagnosed with breast cancer. It’s a lesson to all of us that this disease doesn’t discriminate.
This Friday my daughter will take part in a pink out game at the Friday night football game. It doesn’t seem too long ago that we couldn’t even say the word breast. Now, we don’t let anything prevent women of all ages knowing the signs of breast cancer. My daughter will not remember a time that October wasn’t pink.
