Pink is the New Black.
Pink is everywhere for breast cancer awareness, for treatment, for prevention and for a cure.
As a survivor, it seems as though I can't get away from the pink.
Four years ago, I worried that the pink made breast cancer seem rosy and pretty. Breast cancer is neither.
Some days breast cancer still feels black.
But, awareness and treatment and prevention and a cure are all PINK.
So, I embrace October. And, I embrace the pink that unifies the breast cancer community.
For me, Pink is the New Black.
(In embracing the pink, I wrote to The Ellen DeGeneres Show hoping to be a guest in the studio audience sometime in October. As I have an affinity to celebrity breast cancer survivors, I imagined myself sitting next to Ellen's mom, Betty. Betty is a survivor. I have not been asked to be part of the audience yet, but I was chosen as the "Breast Cancer Survivor of the Week." See the attached link).
http://www.ellentv.com/2014/10/16/survivor-of-the-week-barbara-m/
Avon Walk for Breast Cancer-2014
(wearing pink, of course)
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Breast cancer alone can be terrifying, but the breast cancer community is empowering.
