Welcome to Freestyle Friday!
Today’s Feature: A message from the American Heart Association for the special women in your life. Today is National Wear Red Day and it’s an opportunity to raise awareness about a disease that can impact a woman you love. The life you save might even be yours!
Today’s Challenge: Watch the short video and laugh while you learn some valuable facts about this deadly disease. Then take a look at the “10 things” you can do in your corner of the world to raise awareness and spread the word.
*10 ways you can Go Red For Women American Heart Association
#1. Wear red on National Wear Red Day® – Friday, February 6th!
#2. Start a National Wear Red Day® Fundraiser to raise awareness and fund research that will move us closer to a cure.
#3. Share your selfies! Wear red, ask your co-workers to “Go Red.” Light your house in red! However you choose to “Go Red”, take a selfie and share it on your social profiles using our contest hashtag #GoRedSelfie. Show us how you support the movement to end heart disease and stroke in women!
#4. Join our online community. “Like” and follow Go Red For Women on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to get daily inspiration, news, tips for healthy living and much more!
#5. Make your profile pic Go Red. Upload our Go Red For Women profile picture to your personal social profiles and show your friends that you support the movement to end heart disease and stroke in women!
#6. Join the conversation. Share what “Going Red” means to you on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook using our official hashtag #GoRed.
#7. Learn and share the warning signs. Being able to recognize the warning signs of a heart attack, can save a life.
#8. Sign up for our E-Newsletter. Get the latest in heart disease news, research, health advice and stories of real women, like you!
#9. Take part in the Health eHeart Study. Participate in this online study that has the potential to transform our understanding and treatment of heart disease.
#10. Thank Macy’s! Go to your local Macy’s store and thank the manager and associates for their support of Go Red For Women.
Happy Friday, friends! Sending happy thoughts from the bottom of my heart to yours!
*Credit for the list goes to the American Heart Association and the Go Red for Women Campaign
**The shoes are mine 🙂
Cash is participating in his first fundraising effort for the American Heart Association this month. It’s a jump roping event at his school. Raising money is the easy part. Somehow, in feeding his obsession for Legos and Minecraft, we forgot to teach him how to jump rope and he needs to learn by next Friday!
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Oh!!! You just sent me back in time, Karen!
I remember the Jump for Heart days for both of my kids.
The very last year, Dane was miffed that he got beat by a girl 🙂
Speaking of girls and Cash…I’ll bet he has a friend or two who would teach him 🙂
PS: Does he have a fundraising link? If so, feel free to drop it here.
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Haha! He actually does have a little girlfriend who cries when she doesn’t get to sit next to him (and she knows how to jump rope). Here’s his link: http://jumphoops2015wsa.kintera.org/cashew2008
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This is hilarious. Wishing him luck in all his efforts!
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Thanks! He’s going to need it. 😉
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Sometimes good to be reminded you must remember to treat yourself and others gently and with care.
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So true, my friend!
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Thanks for this important message Mama Mick!
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I bet you look great in red, Marissa 🙂
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Thanks Mama!
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That video was awesome. “Can you make it 10?” Ha ha. Great post, Michelle. I can totally see how easy it would be to dismiss the symptoms in yourself–especially as a woman. We want to be in control and don’t think a heart attack could ever happen to US!
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I LOVE this video. When my co-worker sent me the 10 things list, I remembered this video. Voila! Self-created blog post!
Thank you for reading!! xo
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I’m all for protecting the hearts of the women I love, Michelle. All women and men need your reminder today. Red it is. Good job.
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Thanks, Mark!
You seem like you’d be a natural protector of hearts. I think you need a red cape!!
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I’d wear it, Michelle! Maybe even post a selfie on my blog. 🙂
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Oh yes! Please do!
I’m way behind on my reading and haven’t looked at the WP Reader all week. The next time I’m over at your space I’m going to click follow by e-mail. I think I’m missing too much if I don’t
Hope you are having a great Sunday!
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I am drinking a glass of Cabarnet Savaugnon as my dear wife Karen drinks a Maragrita because she went to a painting party and came home very happy. And it’s 20 F and snowing all day, and it’s Grammy Awards Sunday, too. See what you have to look forward to when the kids are all grown and out of the house, my dear friend Michelle? ❤
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LOL! I’ve been to a happy painting party, too. Seems to me that a margarita may have been involved as well.
Ps: I still absolutely love “my dear wife Karen.” It makes me all warm and fuzzy 🙂
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I hope my staying my red tartan jammies all day counts. This is a great way to spread the message, Michelle. humorous truth!
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Staying in your cute jammies all day DEFINITELY counts! In fact, it feels like something I should do today, too 🙂
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I didn’t know about this, but I had a red undershirt on Friday. Not many people saw it, but hopefully the one I love most did! I love that you championed this cause. There are many hearts in many women I’d love to protect – yours included.
*p.s. Liz Banks, really? *swoon*
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A red undershirt definitely counts…especially if your sweetie saw it. Did she leave it on? Well….that’s none of my beeswax!
Liz Banks is AWESOME! This video is a few years old, but the message and her cute persona still hit the mark.
I hope you have a great Sunday, Eli!
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What a way to go freestyling. You’re a rebel WITH a cause…..smooth. Good going KC.
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Such Heart here, Michelle. I just loved this. And thank you for championing such a worthy cause, friend. A woman’s heart is tender and precious real estate.
Much love to you,
Dani
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And your heart, Dani, is one of the most precious I know. Thank you, love!
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