Loving Lisa
October! What does it mean to most of us?? For me it has started out as a cold, wet and dreary month, But yet, I still have a lingering hope that the sun will peek out and smile on me. For the first and second day of October, we have had rain. But the forecast for this week, there is that hope that the sun will shine and bring us some warmth. And then again who will know what the next week will be like.
I am hoping for a beautiful Sunday morning this coming week. We will be attending the “Fight Like A Girl” American Cancer Society’s Annual 5K Walk. It is a walk of courage and hope for our dear Lisa to honor her spirit as a woman, wife, mother, daughter, sister and Friend.
Our Loving Lisa, a young mother of four young girls, had been diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer in August of 2003 during her 6th month of her pregnancy with her younger daughter Tyler. She endured a mastectomy and chemotherapy during her last months of her pregnancy. After the delivery of Tyler she had 30 more rounds of radiation. We thought we had won the fight, all was well until October 2009. Lisa was laid off of her job, lost her life insurance and health insurance for her family. She had felt well, but noticed that she was losing her voice, in August 2010 she went to the doctor and was told that the cancer was now in her throat, brain, lungs and bladder. Not only is she fighting cancer, she is fighting it with no health or life insurance and no gainful employment.
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This October the 10th I will be there watching her strength, love for her family and friends as she walks to help fight cancer for herself and many others.
To me October also means LOVE, STRENGTH, SURVIVAL, HOPE AND FAITH. The love is for my husband who will celebrate his birthday this month, my father will also celebrate his birthday this month. And my loving mother who would have been 70 years old this month if she would have won her fight with breast cancer. It took her away at a young age of 53. Mom I will always miss you. I hope that I have the STRENGTH, that my mother had to fight and live her life with HOPE AND FAITH and LOVE for all her family and friends.
And now for SURVIVAL. October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Please help in any way that you can to help us fight cancer. WEAR PINK, THINK PINK. Moonlighting Creations has put up a pair of vintage pink teardrop crystal earrings on aged antiqued patina kidney shaped ear wires. Some proceeds will be given to Loving Lisa.
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