October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. JoanneK, who creates half the beautiful word art we provide for the challenge, is herself a two-year survivor. To honor Joanne and so many other victims and survivors, our theme this month is
HOPE IN ADVERSITY.
We'd love to see your pages about hope, loss, and survival. Though some of this month's quotes are specifically about breast cancer, most are quite flexible to suit a wide range of challenges, from a football game to learning a new skill, to a life-threatening disease. We definitely want to see those breast cancer pages, but I encourage you to participate whether you've been touched by cancer or not. My page, for instance, is for my cousin who suffers with MS.
Here's a preview of your word art gifts, which you can download using the links below.
THE QUOTES
Art Pack 1 by JoanneK
1. We are not interested in the possibility of defeat. --Queen Victoria
2. The only thing I have lost is my breast. I have gained: friends, love, opportunities, and weight! --Erika Simonic
3. Fairy tales are more than true - not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten. --G.K. Chesterton
4. Cancer is not a death sentence, but rather a life sentence: it pushes you to live. --Marcia Smith
Art Pack 2 by SparklyDuck75
1. We acquire the strength of what we have overcome. --Ralph Waldo Emerson
2. I once asked a bird, "How do you fly in this gravity of darkness?" She responded, "Love lifts me." --Hafiz
3. Do not be ashamed of your scars. They are the brushstrokes in the masterpiece that is your life. --Kathy Cawthon
The Big C poem by Kathy Cawthon, survivor
"The Big C", I heard someone call it.
Another just whispered the word.
That we don't even dare to say "cancer" out loud
Gives it power it doesn't deserve.
So I'm giving that letter new meaning
And refusing to give in to fear.
I'm reclaiming the power for you and for me
By saying these words loud and clear:
Let the "c" be for cure and compassion.
Let it stand for the candles we light
And a chorus of voices shouting "You 'can'!"
To all who will take up this fight.
Let the "c" be for cash contribution.
Credit or check will work, too!
Let it stand for commitment and check-ups and cheer
And the children counting on you.
Let it mean that we know our Creator
Is beside us each step of the way,
And remind us to call on His strength and His love
And to celebrate every new day.
To everyone facing this challenge,
I say its a fight we can win.
Tell all who will listen that, starting today,
The "C" is for COURAGE, my friend.
Easy ground rules:
1. Use at least one of these quotes in your layout. Make as many pages as you like.
2. Upload your layout(s) to the
Quote Gallery, or your personal gallery.
3. Post a link here in the thread so we can all admire your hard work and share some love.
Most importantly, have lots of fun!
We'd like to invite you to visit TheCancerCrusade dot com, a website operated by the amazing woman who penned some of this month's quotes. Kathy Cawthon is a survivor and a world-wide speaker on cancer, its treatment and recovery, and finding humor and hope in the process. The foundation she runs with her husband (also a cancer survivor!) is a tremendous resource for anyone who has been touched by cancer, at any point in your journey. Our thanks to Kathy for so generously giving permission to use her quotes, and for sending some of her gentle readers to our site.
October 1-31: Hope in Adversity
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