9: October's a special month.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month (as well as several birthdays, Halloween (for those who celebrate), All Saints' Eve and Reformation Day (for those crazy Reformed Christians like myself).).

Feel free to share any stories here; I'll get it started.

The MIL survived breast cancer. Twice. As I told my friend 1smart1 (from LJ), she kicked its scrawny butt all the way to Timbuktu.

For my birthday, she gave me a small teddy bear with a purple jumpsuit that had an embroidered pink ribbon (that symbolizes breast cancer awareness) on it. Sue (named after the MIL) is sitting next to some of my books in my office/spare bedroom. The MIL's an awesome lady (even when she does talk too much) and I'm quite proud of her.

For the record, she makes fun of her prosthesis and is more than comfortable talking about bra sizes with her daughter-in-law for some reason. XD