They say it is Fall, but it is hard to imagine that with our 80-degree weather here in Southern California. Hopefully, it will get a little cooler as the month progresses. I want to see goblins in the windows and pumpkins on the doorsteps. That is what Fall means to me.
But October also means Breast Cancer Awareness, and that is what we are putting our concentration into this month. My ultimate wish is that by next year the entire City of Vista will “go pink” for the month of October by changing their lightbulbs to pink. It is a dream of mine that I am hoping we can pull off so when we ask you to purchase pink light bulbs next year you will know why.
But back to Breast Cancer Awareness. I doubt that there is a person out there who has not been touched by someone, a wife, daughter, sister, mother, aunt, cousin, or friend, in some way by cancer.
Many women just know the closeness by having mammograms that have to be re-done. Then nerves kick in wondering why? Was something wrong with me? Even though it could have been mechanical error.
And if you are called back a third time for an x-ray or an ultrasound, you know you must have Cancer! Then, when they tell you that you have to have a biopsy, you just know you do not have a single chance of not having Cancer. This has happened to me three times and the thought process that goes on in your mind each time is unimaginable. For someone who actually has been told they have Cancer, I can not imagine what they have gone through. To say these women are Warriors is saying nothing to describe them. They have to be!
And I want us to give them their due this month and every month for their tenacity and their strength.
