Writing for this blog affects me. That’s why I
disappear for months together. That’s why I try to stay away from it for a
while. But then, along comes a story that I just have to write about, that I
want to make sure my readers also see.
The Tutu Project is what brings me back to my blog
now. A man in pink shorts and a pink tutu, photographing himself in the US and
some other countries, to raise a laugh and money for breast cancer
organisations. What inspired him? His wife who is fighting breast cancer.
Bob Carey, who’s a photographer, is selling the
pictures in book form. He says the project helped his wife Linda and him cope
with the situation. He writes about his wife on his site www.thetutuproject.com
‘During these past nine years, I’ve been
in awe of her power, her beauty, and her spirit. Oddly enough, her cancer has
taught us that life is good, dealing with it can be hard, and sometimes the
very best thing—no, the only thing—we can do to face another day is to laugh at
ourselves, and share a laugh with others.’
Says Linda, “It gave us something to focus on that
was fun.”
The two also feel the book will give hope to other
cancer patients.
See his images. Share a laugh.
