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In Memoriam
At the event we will have a Memory Pavilion where you can display pictures, momentos and stories of those who have lost, or are still fighting, the battle with breast cancer. A book will be available to write in your stories, thoughts and wishes. The Memory Pavilion will also have breast cancer awareness brochures and information on mammograms, prevention, health and other supporting research. Please visit!
Here on the website, we are collecting names, stories, and memories of our friends who survived and of those who lost their battles with breast cancer. These memories will be printed and placed on display in the Memory pavilion. Send your stories to the Event Stewards.
"My cousin Suzy was 3 months older that me. Although the family moved to Hawaii when she was 6, whenever we got together it was like we had never been apart. Suzy was so much fun! I don't think there was ever anyone who didn't like her or wasn't entertained by her. She would sit me down and have "make-up and hair party" when either of us would visit. I think she sensed my need in those areas...
By the time Suzy's doctors diagnosed the severe pain in her shoulder, her breast cancer had metastasized to her bones. She fought the brave fight of chemo and stem cell replacement followed by more chemo for over 4 years. We lost this bright and shining personality in September 1999. Suzy was just 44 years old.
I miss her every day. She will always be in my heart." - Monique Marie Sauniere
"Cancer is part of our family. I have three first cousins who have had/have breast cancer. My cousin Sandra lost her fight with breast cancer in 1997. Two of my other cousins are currently battling it now. Luana has just underwent her second mastectomy and almost lost her life in the process, her younger sister Salome was just diagnosed with breast and skin cancer about two months ago. We have other cancer survivors in our family as well. My son, Garrett, is a survivor of Myelodysplastic Syndrome, which is a form of bone marrow cancer that if not treated can turn into a form of Leukemia. My sister has just been told she is in remission from cervical cancer and is a survivor of a blood cancer. Both my paternal grandmother and mom battled colon cancer and my mom survived uterine cancer. My mother in law lost her battle with lung cancer last year." - Lady Rayne Archer of Annan
"I’m the lucky one. Bonnie Spring my mother first told me at lunch at Mcdonalds of her diagnoses. Breast Cancer. Because of her large cup size they had missed it in the past and it had progressed. She needed surgery, chemo and radiation. At age 52 in 1992 we feared the worst. We’re the lucky ones. 17 years later and 3 more diagnosis and she is still with us. She is strong. She is smart. She gets checked regularly and she has a sense of humor about it and all things. She is the lucky one. Her younger sister Betty Pitts was not. She succumbed in 2001 to Renal Cancer. My mother misses her. I am grateful for every day I still have with my mom although, I still can’t look a Big Mac in the face." - Condesa Battista de Lagos
"Janie-mom was the most wonderful mom ever, encouraging and enabling. She was the best roommate and was always proud of me and all my adventures. But breast cancer invaded and took her life in 2002. I still miss her terribly. No one should have to be in that much pain. Let’s beat this wretched disease!" - Bridget Lucia MacKenzie