Mild Interruption By People Doing Very Good Things

The following message is from the lovely Jennifer, godmother of Carson the most adorable little boy on the planet, therefore, totally awesome. Jennifer has something to say, and I’d like you to listen up. Yes, you. The one eating Doritos at their desk while surfing TMZ.com. And you, playing that zombie killing game (ahem, Trent). Take it away, Jennifer:

I was recently asked by a life long friend if I would join her in a cause very dear to her heart, breast cancer research. When she was 10 years old, my friend Brooke lost her mother to breast cancer. I have other very dear and close friends in my life who have lost loved ones to breast cancer or have loved ones currently fighting the battle. I am very lucky that in my life, in my family, we have not directly been affected by breast cancer, but that does not mean I should sit idly by and do nothing to fight this disease. So when Brooke asked me to participate in the Avon Breast Cancer walk I happily agreed to support my friend and all of my friends who have been affected by breast cancer. In June 2010 I will be walking a marathon and a half, 39 miles in two days, along with hundreds of other women in support of breast cancer research. Along with training for the walk, I also need to raise $1800 in donations to breast cancer research. Please take a moment of your time and help support the cause of breast cancer research. Any donation makes a difference. Thank you!

I too have known way, way too many lovely women who have battled the evil bitch that is breast cancer. Some won that battle, and some did not, but they ALL benefitted from the amazing research that has been and is being done to cure this awful disease. If you can, please help support Jennifer by clicking here. According to the American Cancer Society, the chance of a woman having invasive breast cancer some time during her life is a little less 1 in 8. The chance of dying from breast cancer is about 1 in 35. But breast cancer death rates have been going down, probably the result of finding the cancer earlier and better treatment. Anything you can do to help is much, much appreciated!

And now back to our regularly scheduled discussion of sparkly vampires…