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BY BOB SCOTT
Rappahannock News
Contributing Writer
The month of October has come and gone and the New Millennium approaches at an accelerated rate. October was full of activity, but now it’s gone like the leaves from the trees. The time was full of “things”, some important, some not so vital. Things demanding our immediate attention—floods, stock prices, politics, issues, earthquakes, aircraft disasters, internet and constant dot corns.
Did we take time to wonder at one of the most beautiful falls of recent years? Did we appreciate the privilege of driving through Virginia’s gorgeous country-side at “peak season”? Did we take time to walk over the colorful carpet of fallen leaves shuffling, to once again enjoy the fun of hearing the sounds of rustle along a forest path? Did we thank the Creator for the gifts of nature and of life itself?
When it looked like nature had “passed on” and left us, were we sad? Or did we see the evergreens and think of spring, the dogwoods and the redbuds waiting in the wings for Y2K?
Did anyone tell us that October was also “Breast Cancer Awareness Month”? Or is that news of personal concern to us? Have we known a mother, a sister or a close personal friend who has experienced the challenges of the dreaded cancer? The chances are we do, if we pause to think about it?
But we are not going to focus on victims. We are inspired by survivors. Like the springs of nature we have faith in the awesome power of life. One of the brighter lights “at the end of the tunnel” is an expanding program sponsored by the American Cancer Society (ACS) called “The Reach to Recovery.”
The idea is not new. It was first expressed by Terese Lasser in 1952, resulting from her successful survival over
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