CANCER SUCKS ~ Part IV & SuperBowl SUnday

So Many Colors

So Many Cancers

Awareness Ribbons have become quite popular through the years, we see them everywhere! I suppose the first recorded ribbon was in the early 1900's prompted by a song and was yellow, but ribbons first came into popularity with the AIDS awareness ribbon in the 90's. Of course, my take on all of this...

Is that ribbons have grown from the wonderful ritual that once was commonplace when mourners would wear a black band across their arm at funerals, a symbol of their grief. It was a symbol to allow all to see and recognize that someone had lost and was grieving someone precious in their lives. It would be worn to the store, in restaurants, wherever the griever might be, a simple black band on the bicep for all the world to see and recognize as the universal symbol that the world had lost a precious member of society and the community...

Because of the popularity of the AIDS ribbon, now recognizable to all everywhere... colors were born to represent about everything... now there are multiple things that share the same colors and it is important to know what the colors do represent!

Awareness Ribbons I view as threads of hope, Universal connections to each other... ways to reach out and start a conversation and connect with another...

There are many tears in the many colors... reminds me of the storms of life, the many tears and the rainbows that sometimes appear after great storms... perhaps these ribbons are those rainbows of hope in awareness, in conversation starters with others, sharing your stories, your struggle, your journey by letting others know  when they ask... "what does that ribbon mean?"

Here we go...

• Black: MELANOMA, MOURNING, Gang Prevention
• Blue: COLON CANCER/COLO-RECTAL CANCER, (alternative color-Brown), Drunk Driving, Child Abuse, Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), Victims of Hurricane Katrina, Distoria, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), Alopecia, Education, Anti-Tobacco
• Brown: Colon Cancer/Colo-Rectal Cancer, Anti-Tobacco
• Burgundy: MULTIPLE MYLOMA, Brain Aneurysm, Caesarean Section (ribbon worn upside down), Headaches, Hemangioma, Vascular Malformation, Hospice Care, Williams Syndrome, Thrombophiulia, Antiphospholid Antibody Syndrome, Adults with Disabilities
• Dark Blue: Arthritis, Child Abuse Prevention, Victims Rights, Free Speech, Water Quality, Water Safety
• Flag Ribbon: Victims/Heroes and first responders of 9/11 Attack, Patriotism, Support of Troops
• Gold: CHLDHOOD CANCER
• Green: KIDNEY CANCER, Missing Children, Childhood Depression, Open Records for Adoptees, Environmental Concerns, Tissue/Organ Donation, Homeopathy, Worker/Driver Safety
• Grey: BRAIN CANCER, Asthma, Diabetes
• Jigsaw Puzzle Ribbon: Autism
• Lace Ribbon: Osteoporesis
• Light Blue: Childhood CANCER, Epilepsy, RETT Syndrome, Trisomy 18, Scleroderma
• Orange: SKIN CANCER (sun is at center of ribbon), Leukemia, Cultural Diversity, Self-injury awareness, hunger, humane treatment of animals
• Pale Yellow: Spina Bifada
• Pearl: LUNG CANCER, MS, MESOTHELIOMA, EMPHYSEMA
• Pink: BREAST CANCER AWARENESS,  CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS
• Pink & Blue: INFANT DEATH, Miscarriage, Stillbirth, SIDS
• Purple: PANCREATIC CANCER, TESTICULAR CANCER, THYROID CANCER, Alzheimer's, Victims of 9/11 (including Police and Fire Departments), Domestic Violence, Crohn's Disease, Animal Abuse, Colitis, Cystic Fibrosis, Lupus, Liemyosarcoma, Religious Tolerance, Fibromyalgia
• Red: AIDS/HIV, Heart Disease/Stroke, MADD, DARE, Substance Abuse, Epidermolysis, Bullosa, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
• Teal: OVARIAN CANCER, CERVICAL CANCER, UTERINE CANCER, Sexual Assault, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Tsunami Victims
• White: BONE CANCER, Remembrance, Innocence, Peace, Adoptees, Right To Life, Violence Against Women
• Yellow: BLADDER CANCER, Suicide Prevention, Support Our Troops, MIA/POW, Adoptive Parents, Amber Alerts, Spina Bifada, Endometriosis, Symbol of Hope, Yellow Ribbon with a heart in the middle represents survivor of suicide ~

Well I think I did it ~ ~! ~ ~ ~ ~

We probably are all wearing a rainbow if we were to only sit with this for awhile...

To all of you ... I wish you rainbows after your storms...
I wish you beauty in all things,

This ends this series and after all is said and done, I will still say...

CANCER SUCKS!  


Enjoy SUPERBOWL SUNDAY; the game, the half-time show, the commercials... enjoy it all! Will the Saints go marching in today  or will Indianapolis claim the 44th Superbowl? Miami is set for the Heat of the competition... and the kitchens are heating up with treats being made, the t.v.s are tuning up and folks are putting on the jerseys' of their favorite teams... 

Here we go... good luck to all ~ sure would like one of those rings :) hee he, can't wait for the commercials~

Walk In Beauty


author of Healing Heartaches, Stories of Loss & Life

http://www.healinghearthaches.com/
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