Pink-tober!!
09 Oct 2011 1 Comment
It’s October! Breast cancer awareness month and pink is everywhere. It’s funny, because I used to think we have “over pink ribboned” everything, and now, I am grateful for all the pink. I have joined in the pink festivities myself!
My little pink extension this year...
Pink in my hair, Kaylee’s hair, bracelets & shoelaces…we are fully pinkified. I have read statements from people of all walks of life about this pink ribbons on everything mentality that comes in October each year. Some – even some survivors – have said that we have taken it too far. Cancer is not “pretty”, they say, or some who were like me just a few years ago think “enough with the pink already!” Personally I “get” the idea that those who have been untouched don’t understand it. I don’t know that I quite understand the survivors who hate the pink ribbon, but we all are entitled to an opinion – and for sure, breast cancer is not “pretty”. However, I am grateful to have a symbol – a color – anything – that I can grab onto to identify with and to SEE the support that the cause is getting. Every time I see a product with a pink ribbon on it, it warms my heart. Cheesy, perhaps, but indirectly, that company/product/organization is on my side. They are indirectly supporting ME. My daughter. Her daughter… If it weren’t for all the pink out there, we may not have all the advancements in treatment that we have had over the last 10 or 20 years. For all the fault we want to find with organizations like Susan G. Komen and others for their administrative costs and money distribution, they have STILL led the way in getting breast cancer research funded, a better understanding of breast cancer to the public and an awareness of the importance of early detection. There are many other organizations, too. I have included a list at the bottom of this blog. It is just scratching the surface, but check them out! I just wanted to say “THANK YOU” to those of you who “get your pink on” each October for the sake of breast cancer awareness. I appreciate your support!!
www.y-me.org/information/…/lifeline/fall06_03_youngwomen.php
Oct 09, 2011 @ 13:10:25
GO PINK, ROBIN. Never too much and you said it so well.