a little over six years ago i was visiting john in madison.

he was going to school there and it was my weekend to go visit him...

(for the record, i hate madison...i totes do not fit in there)

one afternoon we decided to be lazy and snuggle up on the couch and watch a movie.

i was laying on my side and noticed that my right boob hurt....

side note: i am a total freak...i get a little pain somewhere or something that doesn't look right and i think i'm dying...i know it's totally ridiculous, but it's just how i am...

so being my crazy self, i started feeling around...

and then i felt it...

a lump.

enter freak out mode...

instantly i though i must have breast cancer and i'm dying

(i told you i'm a crazy)...

but after talking to john and calling my mom i calmed down enough to make a doctor's appointment.

luckily i was able to get in right away and ended up having a mammogram and an ultrasound...

the whole time i remember thinking i was too young to be going through all this and what if this was something serious...

my grandma had breast cancer and she survived...hi grandma:)

but the fact that it's in the family made it even scarier...

luckily it was not cancer...

just a stupid, annoying, sometimes painful, benign tumor lump thingy...

i didn't need to have surgery to have it removed...

although at some point i might...just because who really wants a lump in their boob:)

so every year i go in to get an ultrasound...

(which btw sucks...i mean, constant pushing on something that hurts...not fun)

but every time i am so grateful that it hasn't changed 

(in fact last time it was even a little smaller)

and i'm so grateful that it's not something scary...

which is why this october mrd did 

"buy a band, save a boob"

to raise money for breast cancer awareness.

there are SO MANY women that aren't as lucky as i was 

and anything little thing i can do to help find a cure i am more than happy to do!!

10% of all of our sales last month are being donated to Susan G. Komen for the Cure and i want to thank all of you that purchased something last month because you were a part of hopefully saving someone's life!  

sooooo.....