According to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer strikes 1 in 8 women during their lifetime. My mother is a survivor. So is my friend, Teri. So was my mother-in-law, Pat and Joanne and so many, many women I’ve loved or are loved by someone close to me. And then there are those wonderful women like my childhood friends, Jill and Sherry who did not survive. I saw Sherry’s daughter’s wedding portrait in the paper the other day and she looks so much like her mom. The statistics are staggering.
This month, J. Love Photography will donate a portion of its proceeds to breast cancer research in honor and celebration of these women! Be sure to attend J. Love Photography’s “Girls Night Out” Shopping Event to help the cause and start your holiday shopping early. Anyone having portraits made as well as holiday cards, etc., during October will also be helping the cause!
I recently created this Vintage Tapestry montage of snapshots and professional portraits of the colorful, wonderful, amazing women from whom I came; my mother, my grandmothers, my great-grandmothers, my aunts, my great-aunts. I am so proud to be born of these women. As some of you know, when my father graduated from medical school, my mother, my grandmothers, and my great-grandmothers had their photograph taken by my father. This portrait is one of my most valued possessions. I wear it in a Jewel Kade photo charm. I keep it framed on my desk.
So today, “Give thanks for the women who came before you and show you the way.”