I just knew why pink this month has a following. October happens to be the Pink Awareness Month for Breast Cancer! My bestfriend’s mom, Aunt Mary-an, was diagnosed of breast cancer 4 years ago and had a mastectomy. Just recently that she was no longer feeling well and started to be less productive around the household did she finally give up last week.

            My bestfriend Valerie was devastated. She sent me a text message last week saying, “Hi, bes. Mom passed away early this morning. She is already gone.”

            I am in
Los Angeles now and Valerie is in New York. The time difference much alone the millions of miles that separates us made it hard for me to go see the family and I could only give as much as sympathetic condolences and several tearful phone conversations that lead to me perusing my own health days after.

            Women who have had gone past puberty at the early age of 9 (note: early menstruation, breasts forming, body hair, etc) are quite likely to have cancer. Watch me knock on wood countless times.

            True or not, any thought of coming across that stage where you are tagged as someone who is very likely to, gulp, have breast cancer or any type of cancer is ALARMING.

            Just because October happens to be the Pink Month for Breast Cancer Awareness – let us, please, stay healthy – from the torso to up. 

             For the meantime, my favorite books about breast cancer are self-published.

Fran Lenzo’s “Halo My Dear Angel” is a recount of the author’s battle with breast cancer.

Donald Miller’s “Heart In Hand” talks about how he dealt with his sister who died of breast cancer while David Edward’s “Hanna’s War” is about his wife’s struggle with the same disease.

           Happy Wednesday!

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