October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

I just returned from a trip to the grocery store, and while I was there, I noticed that everything was pink -- pink soup cans, pink cereal boxes -- everything! Well, I found out that October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Show your support!

I had a good friend that just passed away from a courageous fight with breast cancer. As a part of her coping, she decided to take up learning anything and everything about golf -- and she was great! I was fortunate to meet her one afternoon on a business golf outing. I didn't know ANYTHING about golf - I am just a girl from the hood that done good. Well, I decided that I would go just to show my face, but I ended up on a team with some very seasoned players (and this was SUPPOSED to be just for fun). Well, my friend took me under her wing, and coached me along. In that short afternoon, she planted that seed in my life, and to this day I still enjoy golfing -- I enjoy it -- I didn't say I was good at it -- YET.

Well, Susan G. Komen For the Cure has a new initiative called the Circle of Promise. It turns out that African American women are dying from breast cancer at a significantly higher rate than other ethnic groups. Komen is hoping that you will encourage your African American sisters, all our sisters for that matter, to take control of their health. As of right now, WE ARE THE CURE!

Here is Patti Labelle (who has lost a sister to breast cancer) is singing "Walk Around Heaven," on Good Morning America (co-host Robin Roberts is also a survivor).