Friday, 06 February 2009
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WRW Month - Day 6 - Heart Health Day
I was delighted a few years back to attend a high school fine arts festival and see a former college roommate and her husband attending the same festival! We had not kept in touch through the years, so it was wonderful to see her and catch up on all the things that have happened since college and hear about her family. I think we are only two years apart in age, so I was greatly surprised to hear her say that she had undergone bypass surgery due to a heart attack (six years ago, now). Quite honestly, it had always been in my mind that heart attacks just happened to old men. I'm happy to say she survived it well, and is doing great! So Pookie (Ruth), this one's for YOU!
Since that time, I have learned that heart disease is the number one killer in women. Number ONE! The American Heart Association has gone all out to bring awareness about this with their GO RED campaign. If you read yesterday's post, you know that I'm doing one teeny tiny little part to bringing awareness by giving double points in our WRW contest if you choose to wear red today! So get out and walk, write an encouraging letter to touch someone's heart, or read a good book to uplift your own heart, and get double points - just make sure that while you do it, you GO RED!
Okay - Hokey to post my own picture, but I wanted to GO RED for all to see!
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