Self Portrait Tuesday Challenge

I tell you what . . . Lelly came up with a good one for this week! This really was a challenge. It's also a challenge for me that I don't post until Tuesday night - next time maybe I will try for putting mine up on Monday night. At any rate, I really don't have a good luck charm that I could think of. I also don't adorn myself with St. Patrick's Day garb, so I was really struggling with what to post. This is what I decided on . . .

I am never without my rings. I usually only wear two - wedding ring on left and CTR ring on right. However, since my grandma was diagnosed with breast cancer (back in the summer I think), I have been supporting breast cancer research in any way I can. So, now I always wear my pink ribbon "Cure 4 Life" ring. I have pink ribbon pens and key chains, as well as a pink ribbon I made for my diaper bag (which has served as a dual purpose since I bought the same diaper bag my niece has - yep I copied her - it's the cutest bag, had to have ie). Anyway, where I work, I can wear jewelery, but I have to take it all off if I have to go inside the processing plant, so I don't wear anything by my rings. I set up a breast cancer awareness day at work in October and we raised about $400, so I was pretty pleased. I think of my grandma often and I am grateful that she is recovering well because of all of the millions of supporters to the breast cancer research. Luckily for her, they caught it early and she should be fine. She is in her early 70s, so it did wipe her out - all the chemotherapy and radiation. She seems to be doing fine and there's no signs so far that there's any cancer left. So, I guess the closest thing I have to a good luck charm is my pink ribbon ring (along with all other pink ribbon stuff I have purchased). There's a couple of great web sites if you are interested in learning more about breast cancer and research/support. www.komen.org - The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Also www.25komen.org - the site for the 25th anniversary of the foundation - there's some great stuff on both of these sites - information for you to keep healthy and educated about cancer. I previsouly posted about breast cancer awareness and put some quick facts from the web - you can check it out here.

My challenge to you . . .Will you commit to educating yourself about breast cancer and check out the web site www.komen.org? Will you commit to sharing the information with your friends and family? It's worth the time and effort! :-)