Several years ago my aunt was diagnosed with breast cancer. After a mastectomy and radiation, she’s been cancer free. Earlier this year, a good friend’s mother went through the same thing. For many of us, more than I’d like to think, our lives have been touched by breast cancer, either directly or through someone we know.
A lovely woman in my kickboxing class is a fit, beautiful breast cancer survivor. Penny invited us to join her in a breast cancer fundraising walk, so on September 17th I’ll log in 10 miles to raise money for breast cancer. If you’d like to be a part of this by making a donation in memory of someone or simply because you think it’s a worthy cause, here’s the link that you can cut and paste into your browser.
https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=140092&lis=1&kntae140092=07752844318841EB9DE4637A222351EF&supId=131094000
that is great is she is cancer free.
Comment by kim — May 22, 2006 @ 10:43 am
Great for your aunt. And here’s to you for walking for the cause (d) . You go girl (l)
Comment by Ginger — May 22, 2006 @ 2:41 pm
You go, girl! A friend of my aunt’s is participating in a walk in Toronto sometime soon (I forget the date) and I sponsored her.
Also, my ex-MiL recently went a partial mastectomy, so it definitely hits close to home.
Good luck with the walk!
Comment by Kris Starr — May 22, 2006 @ 4:09 pm
Thanks, ladies. I’m not surprised to read that you all know someone who is going through or has gone through this, unfortunately. Fortunately, the outcomes are so much better now than even a decade ago. Kris, hope the exMIL has a full recovery.
Comment by Jennifer — May 22, 2006 @ 8:12 pm