The snapshooter and instagrammer in me strikes once again. It happened over the weekend when we went grocery shopping at one of our favorite stores. The hubs was on the verge of paying for our goodies when I spotted this bouquet of beautiful flowers plus the sign that was so hard to miss. It prompted me to go closer to where the flowers were and discreetly take a snapshot.

 Think pink!

I did, literally after reading the line, remembering my grandmother (my Dad’s mother) who passed away years back due to pancreatic cancer. I know the pink ribbon symbolizes the breast cancer awareness month which is this month, October, but reading the word cancer brought me back to my grandma’s time when she was still battling the pancreatic cancer. There is no history of breast cancer in our family, but I think it doesn’t mean that we are already spared from the heart-breaking disease. That is why I make sure that I am aware of the possible symptoms through reading and I also do breast self-exam regularly. And since we don’t have breast cancer history in our family, our family doctor told me that she will just give me a mammogram when I turn 40. I am definitely looking forward to that one.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month, also referred to as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in America is an annual international campaign every October to increase awareness and raise funds. And this little snippet on our blog is my way of sharing or spreading the pink ribbon. Also my way of saying that I feel for those women and even men who are suffering from breast cancer, and also to their families who I think are as heartbroken as they are.

How about you? How do you keep yourself aware about breast cancer? Do you do breast self-exam too?