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As an author and activist, Maimah S. Karmo wants you to live your best life, fully connected with those around you, utilizing your potential to the fullest and moving towards realizing your highest self in this lifetime. Her goal is to empower women by connecting them and closing the gap on things that separate.
As a breast cancer survivor, she is committed to educating women (of all ages) around the world about breast cancer; and empowering them to celebrate their lives every day by harnessing their personal power.
I chose to name my organization Tigerlily
because the lily flower represents all things eternally feminine.
- The White lily represents purity, majesty and heavenliness.
- The Yellow lily represents gratitude
- The Calla lily represents beauty
- The Day lily is the Chinese Emblem For Mother
- The Eucharis lily represents feminine charms
- The Tigerlily represents pride, prosperity and wealth.
- The Lily of the valley represents sweetness, Tears of the Virgin Mary, Return To Happiness, Humility, You've Made my Life Complete
The Stargazer Lily, my personal favorite, is prized for its elegance. It is known for its heady fragrance and bold, beautiful colors. Like a woman, lilies are never dormant. They bloom and survive in all seasons. |
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If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimation of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment. - Marcus Aurelius |
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According
to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer is the
most common cancer among women, other than skin cancer
and is
the second leading cause of cancer death in women, after
lung cancer.
Every
three minutes, a woman in the United States
is diagnosed with breast cancer (www.breastcancer.org).
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According
to the American Cancer Society, about 178,480
women in the United States will be found
to have invasive breast cancer in 2007.
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About
40,460 women will die from the disease
this year.
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11,100
women diagnosed this year will be under
age 40, and more than 1,100 of those women
will die.
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African
American women are more likely to die from
this disease.
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Currently,
there are slightly over 2 million women
living in the United States who have been
treated for breast cancer.
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The
chance of a woman having invasive breast
cancer some time during her life is about
1 in 8.
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The
chance of dying from breast cancer is about
1 in 33.
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According
to the National Cancer Institute, one in
every 229 women between the ages of 30
and 39 will be diagnosed with breast cancer
within the next 10 years.
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According
to the National Cancer Institute, breast cancer is the
leading cause of cancer death in young women ages 15-54.
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There
are more than 250,000 women living in the
United States today who were age 40 or
under when they were diagnosed with breast
cancer.
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Young
women's cancers are generally more aggressive
and result in lower survival rates.
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Young
women with breast cancer generally have
more advanced cancers at diagnosis, and
higher mortality rates.
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