Pink Ribbon Pendants for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

This will be a short post (yah right, we'll see I always say that) but I'm currently working on something for my boss AND about to get ready for treatment #3 at Princess Margaret. I'll write again later today about the last treatment cycle as well as today's experience, and also about what they've said about my left arm being messed up. I don't think I've shared that yet, and I'll elaborate later, but I'm pretty sure the last time I received treatment the nurse hit a nerve when she poked me (one of the 4 times) with the needle. I'll explain later and once I have more info after I inquire (bitch loudly) at the chemo clinic.

This is about Michelle. I've known Michelle since high school and we were very close for a period of time after high school, but lost touch until just before me finding my tumour. This statement must be annoying by now, but again, this must've happened for a reason! Anyway, Michelle has been an amazing friend to me throughout my journey and we've had some fun drinking nights lately and she has been a catalyst in my 'being normal' and simply hanging out with my friends and swapping hilarious stories. Our visits aren't all about my disease, which is a relief as we have much more interesting things to talk about. She's also, unbeknownst to her, made the whole possibly 'not able to give birth' thing a lot easier on me. You see, she graphically shared with Laura and I the whole birthing experience like no one has ever shared it before! I'm getting more and more okay with adoption the more she tells me about it, so Michelle, thanks! ;-)

Michelle is a prolific jeweler; this has been her passion since a young age as she comes from a family of jewellers. Her parent's own a successful jeweler in Scarborough (George Jewellers 3242 Eglinton Ave E at Markham Rd http://www.guildwoodvillage.com/g/george/ for those of you able to visit this family-run jewellry/watch shop).



Michelle decided to take action and help out the cause in the spirit of October being Breast Cancer Awareness month. She designed these beautiful delicate necklace charms and has named them 'Kelly's Journey' and is selling them for only $10, $5 of which will go to support Breast Cancer, for the whole month of October. I'm getting chills just writing that! Aren't you guys jealous that I have the most awesome friends in the world? She has already received a lot of orders (they are a limited edition so only so many will be produced), not to mention all of my friends that want them and want to give them out to their friends/family and has now decided to host a night where her friends can go and purchase these directly from her. I really don't know what to say to her, I am so humbled for her support and her generosity as her time is very expensive! She makes these obviously by hand and I'm not just saying she's a profilic jeweller, I mean it. She gets paid a lot of money for her time and her designs (people trust her to design wedding rings for goodness sake, she's that good!) and she's donating all of that in support of women like me. I'm not sure what to do with that? Again, say thanks? How do I say that and have her truly understand the emotion and gratitude behind that statement? I've had so many different experiences with people throughout my journey -not all of them good- and then I have people like Michelle that just makes all the bad points manageable.
For those of you who would like to order some of these unique pieces, you can email me and I'll pass it on to her directly for you.

I wore my necklace (I don't think I'll ever take it off!) to work yesterday and had every woman in the building asking me where I got it and telling me how lucky I am to have the friends I do once I told them about what the designer is doing with the proceeds; I have more and more orders by the day so I'm afraid Michelle you've created a monster! Let me know when these become a 'limited edition!' ;p