Monday, November 16, 2015
Saturday, November 7, 2015
About My Beard
Maude is the one who usually posts to the blog, but I’m
guest-blogging today.
I’m a really lucky guy – I always have been. I was
raised by a great family, have had great friends, married Maude, a wonderful
woman, and now we have three fantastic kids as well. I’ve also always had my
health and that’s the reason for today’s note.
We’re just coming out of October, the month during
which awareness and fundraising takes place for breast cancer most notably, and
for women’s health in particular. Recently November has become “Movember” and
mustaches are worn as part of an awareness-raising campaign for men’s health
issues. This movement has its origins in Australia, but has spread to
world-wide participation. Another recent movement is “No-Shave November”, and
during November participants, men and women alike, donate whatever they would normally spend on
grooming to The American Cancer Society.
Back to me being lucky.
Maude and I run a promotional products business. As part of
this business, we are regularly asked to make tee shirts for charity walk
teams, fundraising events for patients undergoing expensive medical treatment,
and remembrance of loved ones who have passed.
I have been blessed with good health. I'm also extra fortunate not to have been called upon to help a friend or family member without means or a support
network. So you may think that the health cause is no more mine to take on than it is
for anyone else. However, my family depends upon me, my friends appreciate my
company, and the causes that I have taken on and organizations that I work with
expect that I’ll be there for them. In that sense, the cause of good health is
certainly no less mine than it is that of anyone else.
So I grow the beard this month.
As those who know me notice, I’ll remind you that your
health matters too. If you’re due for a visit to your primary care physician –
schedule it. If you’re due for your routine woman’s or men’s checkup – make
that phone call. If there’s something that doesn’t feel quite right – have it
looked at. Nothing beats prevention and early detection.
Stay well and stay healthy!
-Dan Swearingen
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