Tickled Pink
It’s a pink month, October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month! Hmm…maybe I should change the font color to pink. I think that’s a good idea! Hee hee….
I meant to write this post yesterday evening, but I fell asleep while putting my daughter to sleep. Oh well! I am nevertheless still excited to share one bit of exciting news. Yesterday, October 1st, I did what I thought would be a fitting kick off for this pink month…I registered my family for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. I’ve been wanting to join this race since 2007. I guess the participation of my cousins and their friends in a recently concluded SGK Race for the Cure in California was just the inspiration and motivation I needed to finally go for it. It might interest you to know that since 1982, Susan G. Komen for the Cure has funded research grants and community-based outreach projects that focus on breast health education, screening and treatment for the medically underserved.
We have a team name, too, which I didn’t really have a hard time coining, Tickled Pink Munchkins! It’s so…us, don’t you think? We are 4-member strong, unless anybody joins us, which I will consider to be a huge bonus. And we’ll come up with a team shirt, too! To tell you honestly, I’ve been doodling t-shirt designs for the race even before we were officially registered.
We will be joining the 1-mile Family Walk so we won’t really be racing. Joining the timed race will be a goal though, perhaps for next year. It is the event’s goal to raise funds, and we’ve set a reasonable fund raising goal for our team – $200. Unfortunately, due to the current Philippine situation, what I thought was a reasonable goal may prove to be unattainable after all. But I will not be discouraged. I will remain hopeful that WE WILL REACH OUR GOAL, surpass it even!
Come November 1st, we will be one with the people of Austin in honoring the people who have been touched by breast cancer one way or another. On a personal level, we are walking in honor of my Mom, who is a breast cancer survivor and of each and every one of our relatives and friends, and friends of friends who have had the disease. Do you want to join the event but can’t? Allow us to walk for you then and help us reach our fund raising goal! Just let me know and I’ll tell you how. ;)
A cure will be found…for breast cancer and all other cancers. That’s the exciting news I look forward to receiving, hopefully, soon!
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More Pink Chikka
Incidentally, a friend of mine, Camille, and I had a joint birthday celebration in July. Both Camille’s and my family was touched by breast cancer so we decided on a pink party. It was a lot of fun! Except for a select few, all our guests came in all their pink force. It was nice seeing the men in pink, because really, only real men can pull off wearing pink. Hee hee! More than a birthday celebration, it was a celebration of life…of love…of healing and survivorship.
Here’s a 30-second video/slide show from that wonderful evening:
And that’s all I have for you for now. It’s going to be a great Autumn and Winter. I can feel it…I know it. :)
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