We often hear from our community that birthdays – whether they’re the date marking an actual birth or a celebration of cancer survivorship – conjure up many emotions. Some feel joy, some somber reflection. Others remark on feeling thankful for another year. At the American Cancer Society, birthdays mean everything to us. We fight for more birthdays – more days to celebrate, more days with family and friends, more days to love and live life. To us, a world with less cancer is a blissful world with more birthdays.
Bloggers who have joined in the fight for More Birthdays have even shared their sentiments on their own birthdays:
From Julie Pippert at Using My Words, on her birthday in November:
“I am truly grateful to get to celebrate another birthday … Grateful this birthday is one more for me, one more for my family. A day to celebrate, instead of miss. Lucky. So, so lucky.”
From Darryl Polluck at I Never Signed Up for This on her favorite way to celebrate her birthday:
As a cancer survivor, the key to every birthday and my favorite way to celebrate– this year and every year—is to think about how lucky I am to be here.
From Liz and Kristen at Cool Mom Picks:
“For so many people, the birthday itself is the gift.”
From February 23-25, the American Cancer Society will be attending BlissDom 2012, a conference for women who find and express their bliss by sharing their stories online. Our team (including members of our Blogger Advisory Council that help us fight for more birthdays) will be attending to spread the word to this community of influential women about what we do to save lives. While there, we’ll be asking women attending the conference to give us their interpretation of, “More birthdays are blissful because ________.”
Do you have a blissful birthday story to share? Help us fill in the blank here: More Birthdays are blissful because ________. We look forward to continuing our work together to help save lives and create more days of bliss for all.
haveing cancer at the age of 25 I had no insurance or anything i even had to put my kids up for adoption and i know other Moms who had to so the same because of cancer. I cherish my birthdays and now that im healthy enough to be a part of my kids lives i cherish the days even more. Thank you American Cancer society I have my birthdays and i also get to see my childrens and familys birthdays to.
More Birthdays are blissful because……. we endured the pain, the scars, the reality, the rollercoaster ride and did not give up!!!!
More birthdays are blissful because our family is intact and we are not mourning the passing of someone we love. I have 3 sisters and 3 of us have had breast cancer. Plus several other family members. We thank God everyday for the ACS and all they do. And because of the cancer we are all involved in a brand new RFL in Burt County Nebraska. Thanks ACS. Cathy
More birthdays are blissful because it is one more year of enjoying life with family and friends.
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