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By Brookshire McDonald, “Patron Saint”

SurvivingBreastCancer.org has enabled us

   To become friends really fast.

My hope is that all our friendships

   Will last and last.

Our boobs have brought us together

   As our stories we do share

Over states and even countries

   We come from almost everywhere.

Boobs of ours 

   Measured A, B, C, or D;

And one of you even claimed 

   To have been a G!

Plastic surgeons try to match them up

   The best they can do.

Mine don’t match at all;

   I don’t know about you.

With a breast cancer diagnosis

   Many options come your way —

Lumpectomy, mastectomy, reconstruction, tattoos

   Or flat to stay.

Having fallen from a ladder

   My journey did endure

Three leg surgeries, a blood clot, then two primary breast cancers

    And many prayers for sure.

I admire each of you

   As through breast cancer you go.

Your struggles, courage, and strengths

   Really do show.

On top of that road

   You are traveling today

COVID-19 has thrown 

   A wrench into play.

Dealing with just one issue

   Was a master feat.

Each of you now

   Has additional obstacles to beat.

I can laugh with you,

   And I can cry with you

But I can’t really imagine

   All you’re going through.

As you travel this journey —

   Not a choice you did choose,

You are reaffirming my faith

   That I didn’t lose.

You awakened my awareness

   Of how blessed I have been;

And to have you as my cancer sisters

   Has introduced a special kin.

You may not realize it

  As your journey you do fight,

But each positive gesture of yours

   Brings to someone a promising light.

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