Visitor by Surprise

Since I came home from school, finding a job has become a struggle. Recently, though, I had some luck. I am meeting with a woman tomorrow and might end up taking care of her 2 little girls while she is at work during the summer. Through this struggle, though, the feeling of being stressed has overlapped my life.

An Aching Heart that Reaches.

For two and a half weeks now, I have been home and done with my first year of college. Like every other college student I have been hunting down a job for the summer. I have been looking for a summer childcare job because I would love to be able to do fun things this summer with kids. I have been applying to jobs through a website called sittercity.com. This website allows families to post jobs and people with childcare experience are able to apply for these jobs through the site. With my search, though, I found my heart breaking.

After searching and applying for weeks I came across a job post that was heartbreaking. A man had posted a job asking for help because he said his wife was battling advanced breast cancer, he worked all day and they had an 8 year old daughter. He went on to describe how he needed help getting his daughter off the bus, dinner cooked, some grocery shopping done, homework help for his daughter and a few other household tasks. My heart broke when I read this post and as I went to apply I discovered that the man and his family lived pretty far from me; a little over an hour one way. I felt awful that it was so far, but he remained in my thoughts.

Now I find myself sitting here, after crying, from explaining the man's story to my boyfriend, and telling this reality to you. I went onto the website yesterday to search for any job openings. I discovered there was, but my heart wishes this one could have been saved. The same man posted again because his wife

The Candy Store on Main Street

This is the first business I have heard of that supports BRCA Carriers in a different way that is definitely original. I have never heard of a business that offers not only a discount to BRCA carriers, but also donates money to Revlon Run/Walk. This is great and also unique!

It is refreshing to hear about this one of a kind candy shop. Located at 41A on Main Street in Port Washington, Long Island The Candy Store on Main Street is not only original, but creative too. Kids grow up

Never Give Up

This past weekend my 3-Day for the Cure team hosted a yard sale. We are trying to reach our fundraising goal of $16,100. We decked the yard out in pink and made huge yard sale signs with fluorescent pink arrows to lead people to the house. One of our family members, Matt, was kind enough to call two local radio stations and the radio stations also announced it.

We ended up having so many things donated to us that we probably could have called ourselves a flea market. It was incredible how much support was shown. We started at about 7 in the morning and became really nervous when nobody was showing up. At 8, though, we became very excited about our 1st customer. As the day progressed we had a very busy yard sale going for us. It was great.

By the end of the day we were exhausted, but out yard sale was a success. We ended up making almost $1,000 to go into our 3-Day accounts.

I have found that the fundraising is the hardest part of participating in the 3-Day for the cure. I think this is to be symbolic of how hard the battle of breast cancer can be. Although it is hard, though, the people we love don't give up. The point is to not give up. The 60 mile walk is the easy part. I am proud of my Cindy's Angels. We have worked our asses off, but it is coming along and we will make it. Keep up the great work girls!

For My Mom

Mama

The physical features of the face and body attract judgment like a magnetic force. The more beautiful the person, the more attraction received. It is when you get to know someone that your judgments untie themselves loose. A gorgeous face and body can become a beautiful person or a more ugly one. It is not only through getting to know someone, though, that you pick up on different things about them. Through observation one can obtain more information than through social procedure. It is true when someone says that actions speak louder than words. Somebody can say one thing about him or herself, but do the total opposite. It is easy for someone to say things about themselves to make them seem or feel better. It is not only their physical features, but also more so their actions that actually define them as a person.

With the bad comes the good.

I hated high school. I never enjoyed it and was always counting down until I graduated. I was never good with girls either. I found that girls liked to talk and would whisper and stare when you walked by. I was called many different things in high school and had many challenges, but ultimately those challenges made me a stronger person.

I was looking for support type groups on facebook this evening. Recently, my Aunt and family friend have stumbled across a few that they felt were good ones to join. I stumbled across one, though, and was shocked.

I discovered one group having in depth conversations about me. They knew my full name, discussed where I was from and other such things. Sue from FORCE even discussed with them "handling the matter." I didn't realize that my therapeutic ways were a situation that needed handling. I didn't realize that a sisterhood consisted of talking about somebody until the whole group is blue in the face. Actually, I would be lying if I said that. As soon as I saw that, I was reminded of high school. Its like when one girl doesn't have the right clothes to fit in and everybody else stares and laughs. That's exactly what it is like.

Concerning My Post about the Term Previvor

I understand that quite a few people feel hurt by my post. The post wasn't meant to be taken personally. Many people take things personally, though, and that cannot be helped. If I feel a certain way about something, though, I am not going to beat around the bush.

Yesterday's post was not about what everybody's been through.