October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Most of you know why breast cancer awareness is so important to me. I've been involved with Susan G. Komen since high school when my teacher (who encouraged me to go into journalism) was diagnosed. My mother-in-law is a two-time breast cancer survivor! I truly realized though that breast cancer can affect anyone when my childhood friend was diagnosed at the age of 29, just two months before her wedding. She underwent a double mastecto