Most have heard the saying “pulled the rug from underneath me.” Well, that’s how I felt when after getting my routine mammogram the Dr called and said I needed additional imaging. Riding on a roller coaster backward and discovering my seatbelt came unfastened is how I felt when the additional imaging turned into getting a biopsy that confirmed the presence of breast cancer. I was shocked, to say the least. I didn’t feel a lump like many women who discovered their diagnosis. And to my knowledge I didn’t have a family history of breast cancer so how’d this happen to me? Immediately after those thoughts came the “Dang God why me? I felt like if not for bad luck I wouldn’t have any. That’s how I felt when I lost my father at the age of 10. And then a double WTF when I lost my mother 4 years later at the age of 14. So haven’t I suffered enough? What I do know is that my worst fear came true. I always worried about being here for my kids until they at least become productive adult members of society. I never wanted to leave them alone in this cold cold world to have to fight life’s happenings alone. I wanted to be there to fight for them how I wanted someone to fight for me. The way I fought through the many many obstacles that came my way thus far. So I decided to put my why me, sorrows, and questioning aside, and I decided to turn my pain into purpose. I decided to fight like a girl. And I want you to fight me with me. My goal is to bring more awareness to breast cancer, and treatments and to raise as much as I can to stop the rapid spread of this disease that affects so many. Please join me on October 26th to fight the battle for breast cancer awareness. Please help me reach my goal by donating and joining my team “Team Fight Like a Girl”. Cancer may have started the fight, but TOGETHER we will finish it !!!