That's right - I said it - And you know you believe it. Darn it if this year isn't even over and I have now lost TWO - count them TWO dear friends...Both Mothers, both with small children that now have to live life without their mommies!! BS - It's just total crap. I know that anger is a stage during the "healing' process and I'm not even angry for me. I angry for their children. I'm angry for the pain that they went through as they fought their beautiful hearts out - giving every ounce of energy in hopes to spend one more day, one more week, shoot ONE MORE HOUR with the children that adored them every day.

Now I don't write this to bring you down - I write this to vent. To release some of the sadness that I feel for their families - for their friends and most importantly, for their children.

The friend of mine that most recently departed due to this awful disease was Tara Parla - She deserves a name in this blog because she suffered and because I, along with many others will miss her smiling face and her words of encouragement and will to live each and every day as she fought a cancer that not enough people talk about - MELANOMA!! Think sunscreen isn't important?? Do some research - it's the real deal folks. Protect your kids. The damage they get now, can cause so much damage to their future.

Throughout Tara's fight - she working day after day on something called the Passion Foundation - She didn't sit down and go quietly - she continued to help - Check out the Passion Foundation here: https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/The-Passion-Foundation/166712123373984

We all know that I can't do anything to bring her back - or that crying about it eases the pain but I want her name to be known, her fight to be respected, her courage to be rewarded, her mission to be spread. The SUN kills - Know it and prevent it!

Rest in Peace Dear Friend