While October is observed as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I believe that all cancer survivors should be recognized every month. Initially, I hadn’t planned to confront this health menace at all this year. However, something happened that I’ll share in a moment that changed my mind. First, I’d like to dedicate this entry to ALL cancer survivors and then, to remember my many friends and relatives who have succumbed to its claws. My Dad, maternal grand-mother, several uncles, my bosom friend who happened to have been my children’s god-mother, and my 6 kindred spirits will never be forgotten.
The over-riding reason that I’d chosen not to participate in this year’s observance is that I believe, like so many good causes, it is being raped by the masses. As philanthropic as it may be, pink glass high heels, pink pop-corn, pink ribbons and bows, pink hoodies, pink boots and umbrellas, etc., etc., somehow just don’t tell the story or spread awareness in a meaningful way. But, in reality, what really can?
When the big C strikes, for that matter the big A or any of our nation’s leading killer diseases, individuals and their families are ripped 360 degrees and more. Do the campaigns and sales really help? I sincerely believe that they do serve a purpose. However, today, I came across The Scar Project. Fashion photographer David Jay has done a phenomenal job representing the survival journeys of over 100 women. I’d like to help his efforts. For this reason, I’ve joined this year’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Thank you David Jay for helping us understand quite a bit more!
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