Originally Posted by happyscrappy
of all the people i know who have gone through this terrible ordeal, the most of them think the ribbon thing is way over done and think it is a big joke. i believe the original intention was to draw "awareness" to the disease, and the cancer victims do not need additional awareness, so to speak. maybe she does not need a "reminder" of her cancer. something to think about. she will treasure your beautiful thoughts of her either way.
I agree with this. My DDIL is a breast cancer survivor, as is her mother and 2 of her 4 sisters. She hates pink, and she lives with the reminder of it every day when she looks in the mirror. My husband suffered for 7 years with daily reminders of his cancer. I don't need to look at some ribbon to be reminded. I just think it is a market tool to make money. Sure some of it goes to research; but we still have breast cancer hanging over our head. How many millions and millions of dollars have been raised? And we still don't have a cure.