#398 Why?

No words.

Crying for Paris

eyes overflowing with tears

when will it end?

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#397 Yep, Smile Through Your Wrinkles!

They don't hurt.

Checked out the mirror today and thought, Whoa!  I should write a blog about wrinkles.  Then I realized it is Fav Friday and I had already groaned about them last year.  Love the quote at the end--helps a bit.

# 34 Wrinkles Are Not Just for Clothes.

"Today is the oldest you've ever been, and the youngest you'll ever be again."

Eleanor Roosevelt

Lately I've noticed a strange phenomenon that began about three months ago--my observations of older women on the streets, in restaurants, in the grocery store--wondering if I will look the same at their age.

 I remember years ago I was with my mother at her women’s club when she attempted to point someone out to me saying, “Lucy's the older one with the gray curly hair and blue shirt”. Looking across the room, I saw no fewer than five women fitting that exact description.  How does that happen?

Aging.  I used to think what a shame we look in the mirror one day and, BAM, it is our mother staring back at us. Wait! What happened to me???  Now I welcome that look and conjure a future picture of me--wrinkles and all--but happy to be alive.  Possibly the fixation on the soft white hair framing their beautifully lined faces has me secretly wishing someone, years from now, will mistake me for another gracefully aging woman.

 If you happen to a have a wrinkle or two, this quote will give you one more crease in your nearly flawless face.

"There's always a lot to be thankful for if you take time to look for it. For example, I am sitting here thinking how nice it is that wrinkles don't hurt."
-- Author Unknown

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#396 Jump On This Bandwagon

This is not Rob grimacing at writing the big check but a happy monkey because of your donations

The results are in and they are out of this world.  Drum roll, please...October's matching donation extravaganza came to $5000 for a total of... $10,000.  Yes, we certainly made Rob pay and he is pleased to do just that with the possibility of a longer wedded bliss with yours truly.

Thank you to everyone who contributed and rallied behind our scheme to fatten the coffers of METAvivor and American Cancer Society--both organizations will be giving 100% of their donations to research.  Money was pouring in especially at the eleventh hour.  We had no expectations on how much would be generated but we were thrilled to watch the numbers rise every day.

A special thank you to La Lingerie http://www.lalingerieshop.com/lajoom/ for donating 5% of their October sales.  ALL of you have made a difference and the metastatic community thanks you for your generosity.

A break from fundraising won't be happening any time soon in this household as the focus shifts to the bigger picture--the NIH (we are talking about millions of dollars) and the upcoming and critical 21st Century Cures Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/6. It has passed the House and now is sent for review to the Senators on the HELP (Health, Education, Labor, Pensions) committee. They will be hearing from us--and YOU can jump on this band wagon too--about supporting the metsters with increased research funding.  Get your keyboarding skills ready because we now have a link to contact your legislators.  Go to www.onewomanmanylakes.org and click on "How I Can Help" icon at the top of the page.

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#395 How Many...No One Asks

We need someone to COUNT us.

To keep ranting or not.  That is the question even though it seems as if people are beginning to listen to my tirades about poor funding and the invisibility in the public eye this disease has had to endure. Have the big wigs in the various cancer organizations heard our voices or the government lawmakers listened to our cries?

 No cure=not yet. 

 So without further ado and not on a Mets Monday, I will share the latest Forbes article on the lack of precise information on the growing metastatic numbers.  The bean counters of the world keep track of everything from the number of candy sold in a day to how we are feeling about the Kardashians

 
  but...

metastatic breast cancer? What about us--the number of human beings living, breathing and thriving every single day while facing a prognosis that carries a death sentence?  Nope, no system to accurately track who, what, where, when and the how questions.  Get up and help us scream "a little bit louder now" until heads are turned with open ears and hearts.

Go to How Many People are Living With Metastatic Breast Cancer and pass it on.

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#394 You Rock, Gibraltar

More puns here

What is it about puns that make me seek them out and share them with you?  I'll admit I must have a weird sense of humor but it probably is from hanging out with my kids. Cannibals and a cold shoulder--that one cracks me up.

The following are from the website, www.punoftheday.com

Always trust a glue salesman. They tend to stick to their word.

Novice pirates make terrible singers because they can't hit the high seas.

I was going to look for my missing watch, but I could never find the time.

I went to the dentist without lunch, and he gave me a plate.

Where are average things made? In the satisfactory.

 Don't trust people that do acupuncture, they're back stabbers.

It was an emotional wedding. Even the cake was in tiers.

When the cannibal showed up late to the luncheon, they gave him the cold shoulder.

I was struggling to figure out how lightning works then it struck me.

Claustrophobic people are more productive thinking outside the box.

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#393 "An Extraordinary Approach to Metastatic Breast Cancer"

Extraordinary!

Good Mets Monday to you.  The following article certainly gives us hope there is a cure for us as researchers take notice of the mets community.

Read this to find out about the extraordinary approach to metastatic breast cancer.

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#392 They're Baaaaack!

Love this nutty family!

BIG HAPPY ALERT!!

ALL THREE KIDS ARE HOME INCLUDING THE BEST DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AND THE BEST BOYFRIEND!

Sorry about the caps but with one on the east coast and two on the west, it has been difficult to have everyone land in the same place on the same weekend at the same time.  I'm loving it!

No time for reflection--just doing it all today.  Laughing, more laughing and even...more laughing.  That's what has been going on at the Gooze household this weekend.  Hate to see it end today.

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