October is a time for memories.
Last Saturday I volunteered at our local Komen Race for the Cure and saw that I'm not the only one who remembers those who have struggled with breast cancer. Everywhere there were T-shirts, signs and pictures of those who have gone before us -- "In memory of" or "in celebration of."
I remember Thelma Robinson, my mother's sister. She was diagnosed when her grandchildren were small. Her treatment bought her seven years to watch them grow, but when the ...
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