Thursday, January 20, 2011

A Reason To Walk

I am just finishing the book Promise Me by Nancy Brinker, founder of the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. If you get a chance, I highly recommend it.

The reason I bring that up to you now is to introduce you to Bridget Mooney Spence. I read her story (or a portion of it) in the book mentioned above and it reminded me why 3 days and 60 miles isn't too long of a journey. Especially in relation to a life.

You can read and follow Bridget's story on her blog, My Big Girl Pants.

I will share with you a portion of her bio:

I was diagnosed with Stage IV breast cancer five years ago. I was 21 years old with no family history of the disease. I am just a little girl trying to be a brave big girl on this scary journey. As treatments improve, more and more women and men are living very full lives while still fighting cancer. I hope I can give other metastatic cancer patients a voice!

I am inspired by Bridget. She lives each day of her life not knowing when the cancer will return. Or where it will return.

I will admit to you right now that I am not diligent about doing breast self-exams monthly. I am guilty of thinking, "Breast cancer happens to old ladies. I have no family history of the disease." Yet, there are plenty of stories out there of young women, just like me, who are diagnosed with Stage IV breast cancer. As a matter of fact, science shows that the cancer is typically more aggressive in younger patients. I can't promise you that I'll change my ways, but I can tell you that the minute I read Bridget's story, I got a little more familiar with my own breasts.

It is the work of the Susan G Komen for the Cure Foundation that has opened the dialog of breast cancer to the world. When Susan Komen was diagnosed with breast cancer, it was a taboo subject. Today, we can talk about it, blog about it, and change it.

This is one of the reasons that I will be in San Diego in November.

I would appreciate any support you can give me in this journey.

Rachel

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Let's Do This!

We are signed up and ready to go!

This year we will be walking in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure in San Diego, CA, November 18-20, 2011.

We are going to walk as "Beef Babes for Boobs" and we are happy that you will be joining us as we set off on this journey.

If you would like to join our team, you may do that here.

If you would like to donate to any of us - we would certainly appreciate it!

Rachel

Lauren

Anna

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