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Deborah Hawkins, penned Debra Renée Byrd, began writing after a blank book project in elementary school and never stopped, fashioning stories based on her favorite TV shows and movies before creating more original works. She studied at the University of the Arts and Florida State University before settling down and graduating from Temple University. She now resides in her hometown of Dover, DE, where she spends most of her time at work or at church. She loves fantasies, superheroes, is a trekkie and a brown coat. She loves television and lives for Final Fantasy video games, having collected most of them. She has read a myriad of authors, and her favorite authors change whenever she finds a new book that changes her life... "When you can't run, you crawl. When you can't crawl...well, you know the rest." -Tracey, Firefly, "The Message"

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Friday, October 3, 2014

RIP Aunt Louise - A Breast Cancer Survivor!

Happy Friday!

My great-aunt Louise died last week. She actually didn't die of Breast Cancer--she was a survivor! She lived to be 95!

This is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so I wanted to post a ribbon for her and all of the survivors (I have other family members who've survived it!), those who lost the battle, and for those who need to, well, be aware of it! Get checked! Check yourself! It's pretty fast.

5 comments:

Dani said...

My thoughts are with you! I have a family friend who started out with breast cancer and now it's in her brain. It's sad, sad disease.

SC Author said...

Wow! Kudos to her, she fought and won triumphantly :)

Fundy Blue said...

I'm sorry that you lost your Great Aunt Louise, Debra. But how wonderful that she survived this difficult disease and lived well into her 90s. My Great Aunt Louise also died of cancer, but it was pancreatic. Have a happy week!

Madeline Mora-Summonte said...

Wow - 95! Good for her! Thanks for the reminder to get checked and to check ourselves.

Madeline @ The Shellshank Redemption

Heather R. Holden said...

So sorry about your aunt, but that's great how she managed to live that long, and was even able to beat cancer, too!