For my Friends

[Guest guest]

Especially for those who are having a touch time right now but for all who are

battling this disease.

YELLOW

I like almost all colors - not equally - and of course it depends on how they're

used and in what quantity. Clothing is particularly vulnerable to the

unfortunate taste of people who choose the colors of the stripes, the decoration

and what to use in uni-colored garments. What makes a beautiful small flower on

a neckline does not necessarily mean a dress should be wholly that color. The

design makes a difference. Everything makes a difference.

Take yellow for example. I love the buttery rich hue - not too bright like

children's blocks. I loved my mother's yellow kitchens - cheerful but you

didn't have to wear sunglasses at breakfast. Bananas are attractive when

they're just past green partially because of that silky thick skin.

Zellwegger's long yellow dress at the s a few years ago showed up in every

newspaper because no one else wore yellow. It was beautiful and there's a

lesson in that.

There's a Korean melon at my favorite market that's bright as sunshine but

beautiful because the fruit is small and has a lovely shape that would make

elegant lampshades if made of glass. If lemons are shaped right and really look

like lemons then they're pretty. But, if they're from someone's backyard -

lumpy and disfigured that looks like a knobby face that would grumble if it

could talk - just forget it.

Think of all the beautiful yellow things on earth - tropical fish, pineapple,

golden potatoes, daffodils, roses, the yellow petal on violas, canaries who warn

of poison in the air, summer squash that are many hues of yellow in one

vegetable, Butter melting on a split baking powder biscuit, steam rising, just a

little too soon to eat.

Sunshine - God's fiery discus hurled across the sky whose hot light bounces off

everything in summer and then hangs behind the gray clouds of winter more like

the cold moon than the swirl of flames that it is.

I like to wear yellow because it's cheerful even when it's close to cream. It

brightens my mood and hopefully that of those around me. I wear a LiveStrong

Lance Armstrong Foundation yellow bracelet now as a symbol of hope for cancer

patients. I'm one, too, and I like my bracelet. It's a reminder to live strong

and to show others that I support them, too.

The joyful color of yellow is everything cancer is not which makes the bracelet

even more appropriate although it's that color because of the tradition of the

Tour de France. It's doesn't matter the reason - it's perfect. Yellow used to

stand for cowardice. Now it stands for courage.

You can get the bracelets in lots of 10 for $10 and as a cancer patient you can

get a free 3-4ing binder with survival tips, lots of good information and

placese for your journal. You just have to pay the shipping. I got 10

bracelets and the journal for $19.05. It arrives in about 3 days. Practically

every cent from the bracelets goes to the Lance Armstrong Foundation for Cancer

Patients.

Have a great week!

Love,

L