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Barack Obama

sheshe2

(92,925 posts) Fri Oct 25, 2013, 06:26 PM Oct 2013

Pretty In Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness [View all]

FLOTUS ✔ @FLOTUS
Tonight, the @WhiteHouse is lit pink in honor of #BreastCancerAwareness Month and the millions of families impacted.
9:16 PM - 24 Oct 2013

Dr. Jill Biden ✔ @DrBiden
Last night, the Naval Observatory was lit pink in honor of #BreastCancerAwareness Month.
3:07 PM - 25 Oct 2013

http://theobamadiary.com/2013/10/25/chat-away-274/

I lost a good friend to breast cancer. She fought with all her might to stay alive for the birth of her first grandchild. She made it, and her only son and his wife named him Perry, her maiden name. Her namesake.

I wept at losing her.

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Pretty In Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness [View all] sheshe2 Oct 2013 OP

I lost my mother to cancer, many years ago. She wanted no chemo, just the pain pills. Tough Irish. monmouth3 Oct 2013 #1

So sorry, monmouth. sheshe2 Oct 2013 #2

Thank you sheshe, a wonderful post..n/t monmouth3 Oct 2013 #3

My sympathies to you, monmouth for Cha Oct 2013 #5

Thank you for the Awareness of Breast Cancer Month, Cha Oct 2013 #4

Let's look for the cure, Cha~ sheshe2 Oct 2013 #6

Oh wow! Poignantly beautiful pic from England, she.. and Cha Oct 2013 #7

My sincerest condolences to all the victims of this dread disease, and to their families. IrishAyes Oct 2013 #8