October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

According to the National Breast Cancer Foundation Inc., taking a few minutes to do a breast self-exam a minimum of once a month can make a lifetime of difference. Nearly 70% of all breast cancers are found through self-exams and with early detection the 5-year survival rate is 98%. If you find a lump, schedule an appointment with your doctor, but don't panic—8 out of 10 lumps are not cancerous.

For additional peace of mind, call your doctor whenever you have concerns.

Remember: It's best to check about a week after your period, when breasts are not swollen or tender.

If you no longer have a period, examine yourself on the same day every month.

HOW TO DO A BREAST SELF-EXAM (BSE)

The Tooth Fairy: According to MY Daughter

I was very excited to find out that my daughters 2 bottom teeth are loose and getting ready to fall out!

My daughter:  Not so much!             

As I am rambling about how exciting it is that her first tooth is coming out and that means she is becoming a big girl. I then asked her if she knew what else happens after her tooth falls out?  She said “no.” I said the tooth fairy comes for a visit!

Well with that my daughter cocks her head to the side and she gives me the “the look.” I should have known what was coming next…but…of course still being in mommy mode and forgetting that I am talking to MY daughter I ask what…and then the following conversation takes place:

Inspiration for the Day: by Mahatma Gandhi

Your beliefs become your thoughts.

Your thoughts become your words.

Your words become your actions.

Your actions become your habits.

Your habits become your values.

Your values become your destiny.

~ Mahatma Gandhi

Inspiration for the Day: Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.

~by Maya Angelou