Random Thoughts and Musings

Have you been touched by cancer? Those of you that have read my blog for more than a couple of months are well aware of my most recent encounter with the big “C.” Baby S, thankfully, is in remission and doing well. She is a SURVIVOR. Some of you have read my blog long enough to have heard of my stepmother and aunt who passed away within a year of each other - both having lost their lives to cancer.

My stepmother had been battling breast cancer (both breasts) for a few years, and had tried both homeopathic and traditional medical cancer treatments. When she died, she was undergoing radiation and chemotherapy, and was trying to get her appointment at the H. Lee Moffet Center moved up a few months.

My Aunt - my stepmother’s sister - was devastated when her sister died. She had been having a pain in her shoulder for a couple of months, but put aside her own pain to help care for my stepmother. We were devastated to learn that she had a golfball-size mass in her shoulder, and that her diagnosis was immediately set at terminal, with less than a year to live.

Cancer has touched my life in a more personal, but far less drastic, manner as well.

If you are interested in helping raise money for the American Cancer Society, I ask you to please consider supporting my friend, Miss Riss, in her efforts. She has a donation page, and has set an (initial) goal of raising $200. I would like to see her meet AND exceed this goal!

I am not all talk here - I submitted a small amount in memory of my Stepmother and my Aunt, which started her donation counter at 18%. If I manage to earn more money prior to the close of her Relay for Life page, I will submit an equal amount in honor of Baby S and other survivors I know.

That is my pledge … will you (pretty please with sugar on top) make one too?

xoxo