Crazy Events Supporting Breast Cancer

OK – I thought the NFL breast cancer awareness campaign that runs throughout October was a crazy way to capitalize on supporting breast cancer (research and other organizations), but I saw another one that blows me away. Personal finance expert Suze Orman is supporting a QVC event – FFANY Shoes on Sale (today on QVC).…

Celebrating the Small Things

You don’t see this every day? How often does your 8th grader come home and say he was the first one to hug his teacher on her first day back to school? Jasper and a friend came home from school today and were so excited that their teacher was back in the classroom (after having taken…

Honoring Breast Cancer Survivors or Victims

One of the ways to honor someone is to put together a tribute album to them – for a birthday, for retirement, for a special occasion, etc. One of the best presents I ever received was a photo collage of pictures from college until now. That took a lot of time to go back through…

Got Mammogram?

I got a (wake up) call today from Kaiser saying it’s time to come in for a mammogram. The recorded message went on about the importance of early detection and how effective mammograms are as an early breast cancer detection method. I know there are other less invasive methods of getting screened, but those aren’t…