Think PINK!

The Suan G. Komen Foundation is the national philanthropy for my sorority, Zeta Tau Alpha.  In college I spent a lot of time learning about and raising money for the foundation.  I met a lot of women who were touched by it in various ways and of course heard many heartbreaking stories of battles with breast cancer.  You'd like to always think that it wouldn't happen to your own mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, etc. but the statistics are not good.  With the exception of one cousin though, I really didn't know anyone who had battled breast cancer.  Unfortunately that all changed recently. 

My mom went for her routine yearly mammogram after the beginning of the year.  Shortly after she received a phone call that the results were abnormal and she'd need to come in for further testing.  To make a long story short, in the end she was diagnosed with breast cancer.  That's the bad news, because of course no one wants to hear the C word, much less for a second time (she faced vocal chord cancer in the 90's).  The good news is that was caught early (thank goodness she has yearly mammograms) and is at stage 1.  She will be having a lumpectomy on April 5th followed by radiation. 

While I feel so optimistic about her overall results and I know it could be so much worse, I just hate that she has to go through this.  She has certainly had her fair share of illnesses!  Your thoughts and prayers are appreciated during this scary time!