it's october! that means more than a few things. 1) it might actually start getting cooler outside. 2) it's halloween time. 3) it's my mom's birthday. and, 4) it's breast cancer awareness month.
while the first two are great and all, the last two mean a lot to me. now i am not one to get sappy and shit, but i've got a story to tell. (edited to add: i trimmed it down from a novel. you're welcome.)
five years ago, my mom was sick. and i was sad. well, we were both sad. i signed up to race for the cure (in all honesty, i slept in for the cure). i learned to like pink. and i started paying some attention to breast cancer awareness month. i feel very lucky to say that my mom is happy and well now. she even has perky, healthy new boobs to show for her months and months of surgeries and chemotherapy.
so this october...
...i'll try to appreciate and give thanks for my cumbersomely big (and healthy) boobs. i'll try not to curse them or even beg for kate moss's.
...i'll look forward to awful amounts of pink (i might even wear some) and uncomfortable boobie talk.
...and, we'll celebrate my mom's birthday. ... she'll be 53! (she'll love that i mentioned that.) happy (early) birthday, mommy!
p.s. on a whim, i created a susan g. komen fundraising page, something i'd never thought to do before. feel free to give. if not, no biggie. just promise me you'll go feel yourself up today.
p.p.s. you'd love to know about that headband, right? it's $28, and 100 percent of the proceeds go to susan g. komen for the cure. oh, and it's gorgeous. and pink.
/boobie talk
hello. 
