Pretty In Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness

[sheshe2]

FLOTUS ✔ @FLOTUS
Tonight, the @WhiteHouse is lit pink in honor of #BreastCancerAwareness Month and the millions of families impacted.
9:16 PM - 24 Oct 2013



Dr. Jill Biden ✔ @DrBiden
Last night, the Naval Observatory was lit pink in honor of #BreastCancerAwareness Month.
3:07 PM - 25 Oct 2013

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I lost a good friend to breast cancer. She fought with all her might to stay alive for the birth of her first grandchild. She made it, and her only son and his wife named him Perry, her maiden name. Her namesake.

I wept at losing her.

[monmouth3]

1. I lost my mother to cancer, many years ago. She wanted no chemo, just the pain pills. Tough Irish.

[sheshe2]

2. So sorry, monmouth.

Even after years, we still feel the pain. Tough Irish is right.

[monmouth3]

3. Thank you sheshe, a wonderful post..n/t

[Cha]

5. My sympathies to you, monmouth for

losing your "tough Irish" Mom to breast cancer.

[Cha]

4. Thank you for the Awareness of Breast Cancer Month,

she. the pics from the White House and the Naval Observatory

Sorry about your friend and all the friends, mothers, sisters, and daughters who have been taken from us.

[sheshe2]

6. Let's look for the cure, Cha~

Breast Cancer Awareness Month Kicks Off
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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 01: Buckingham Palace is turned pink in a campaign to turn London landmarks pink for breast cancer awareness month on October 1, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Danny Martindale/Getty Images

[Cha]

7. Oh wow! Poignantly beautiful pic from England, she.. and

I want to say.. those are stunningly beautiful pics from our White House and the Navel Observatory. So many people wanting to help~

To the Cure~

[IrishAyes]

8. My sincerest condolences to all the victims of this dread disease, and to their families.

One way or another it's touched all of us through families or friends, if we're beyond high school anyway.

Hope no one takes what I'm about to say as out of place in any way, but I want to pass along something Dr. Oz said the other day. My figures won't be exact but close enough to his statement. A new major study was released recently saying females between the ages of 14 (or 16?) and early 20's who ate the equivalent of 4 tablespoons of peanut butter every week saw around a 40% drop in later breast cancer rates. Even though my two dogs are lucky enough to eat Purina, which many vets call Never Die, I've never had a dog that didn't get peanut butter every day. They usually surpass breed life expectancy by quite a few years, and in excellent health.

Yesterday I went grocery shopping and found that the 5-lb tubs of peanut butter that had cost $8 and change have now risen to $11. We go through almost 2 tubs a month. So guess what I'm growing next year - wait for it! - peanuts! Might keep a commercial tub on hand for emergency or winter, but mostly we're going fresh from now on. Don't feed single whole peanuts to dogs or small kids, though, as choking might result.