Ok.. it feels really odd to say 'Wow, that went fast"... but damn, that went fast. I can't believe a full years gone by. Last year on this night the town of Camas, my lil' town, was throwing a BIG party. Next week will be the second annual Girls Night Out... and we'll be raising money for two local charities: Pink Lemonade and The Ovarian Cancer Alliance of Oregon and SW Washington.  The pink cocktails will be flowing, we'll be dancing in the streets, and pinky swearing left + right!

I LOVE our theme... Now is the New Later. Sound familiar?! Here's why...

I believe we need to ACT... We need to do our monthly self exams, we MUST listen to our body and SCHEDULE our appointments the moment something doesn't feel quite right. We NEED to PINKY SWEAR to take care of ourselves and our girlfriends. We can't wait... waiting can kill you. NOW is the NEW LATER!

OK... I'll step off my soap box to tell you how to register www.downtowncamas.com . It's only $15 and you'll be supporting Pink Lemonade and The Ovarian Cancer Alliance of Oregon and SW Washington.  I wanted to give a personal shout out to Pink Lemonade...

Last month I attended a Pink Lemonade Breast Cancer Survivors Couples Retreat. I wasn't sure what to expect, in fact I said to my hubby on the way to the coast... "I have no idea what I've gotten us into, but I'm glad we're going."  I'm SO glad we went.  There were 7 couples, 2 incredible therapists and a sunny weekend on the Washington Coast.

 
Mike and I felt like we had come full circle... You may remember we spent a long weekend at the coast shortly after I had started chemo. here and here . And now here we were Cancer FREE and sharing our inner most feelings with others that had been there-done that... and continue to face the fear of recurrence. My take away... It was so nice to be around those that will never say "so you're done?" because they know It's never really done...

So... on a lighter note ;)

I would LOVE to see all of you... Celebrate Life + Friendship + Community with you!!! I do hope you can make it... Last year was pretty over-the-top! And this year we've gone a little crazy...

REGISTER HERE www.downtowncamas.org
LIKE us on FB www.facebook.com/camasGNO
A special shout out to the fabulous sponsors! Cascadia Women's Clinic, PeaceHealth, First Independent- they have some fabulous goodies for us!

Ok.. it feels really odd to say 'Wow, that went fast"... but damn, that went fast. I can't believe a full years gone by. Last year on this night the town of Camas, my lil' town, was throwing a BIG party. Next week will be the second annual Girls Night Out... and we'll be raising money for two local charities: Pink Lemonade and The Ovarian Cancer Alliance of Oregon and SW Washington.  The pink cocktails will be flowing, we'll be dancing in the streets, and pinky swearing left + right!

I LOVE our theme... Now is the New Later. Sound familiar?! Here's why...

I believe we need to ACT... We need to do our monthly self exams, we MUST listen to our body and SCHEDULE our appointments the moment something doesn't feel quite right. We NEED to PINKY SWEAR to take care of ourselves and our girlfriends. We can't wait... waiting can kill you. NOW is the NEW LATER!

OK... I'll step off my soap box to tell you how to register www.downtowncamas.com . It's only $15 and you'll be supporting Pink Lemonade and The Ovarian Cancer Alliance of Oregon and SW Washington.  I wanted to give a personal shout out to Pink Lemonade...

Last month I attended a Pink Lemonade Breast Cancer Survivors Couples Retreat. I wasn't sure what to expect, in fact I said to my hubby on the way to the coast... "I have no idea what I've gotten us into, but I'm glad we're going."  I'm SO glad we went.  There were 7 couples, 2 incredible therapists and a sunny weekend on the Washington Coast.

 
Mike and I felt like we had come full circle... You may remember we spent a long weekend at the coast shortly after I had started chemo. here and here . And now here we were Cancer FREE and sharing our inner most feelings with others that had been there-done that... and continue to face the fear of recurrence. My take away... It was so nice to be around those that will never say "so you're done?" because they know It's never really done...

So... on a lighter note ;)

I would LOVE to see all of you... Celebrate Life + Friendship + Community with you!!! I do hope you can make it... Last year was pretty over-the-top! And this year we've gone a little crazy...

REGISTER HERE www.downtowncamas.org
LIKE us on FB www.facebook.com/camasGNO
A special shout out to the fabulous sponsors! Cascadia Women's Clinic, PeaceHealth, First Independent- they have some fabulous goodies for us!

I'm only days away from what I've dubbed "Lump Day".

February 28th, 2010 I found my lump...

My post 'what the lump" shares how I discovered my lump... my cancerous, aggressive lump. The rest of my blog posts share my journey. Some of which has become a blur... moments forgotten, moments that make me laugh, moments that remind me how lucky I am to be surrounded by loved ones and to have such community support.

One of those friends is a local blogger... Today she tweeted this:  

I'm giving away a Flip Camera & Cancer research gets $1 if you join the Just Ask FB page. For my gal @kristacolvin http://ht.ly/434GU

Take a looky... it's WONDERFUL! And... it made me tear up. Thank you Kim, Thank you for your friendship, your support and your contributing to the cause. #nomorelumpsforyou