Halloween is kind of fun if you have something to do and somewhere to go. (Duh, check MergeDigital for that stuff.) But once we're "all grown up," candy and costumes just don't mean enough to inspire an entire month of celebration. So, celebrate something else... something worthwhile. Remember that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and, as much as you hear it thrown around to sell yogurts and ribbons and other crap, it really does mean something.

I used to go to the Revlon Run-Walk event in Los Angeles every year with my friends (all of us had immediate family members affected by breast cancer). It's a huge 5k event with lots of celebs and corporate sponsors, but most importantly a slew of "survivors." Anyone wearing the token pink hat was marked as somenoe that had survived breast cancer. It was overwhelming (every time) to walk into the giant stadium filled with people and filled with pink hats.

That event is in May but what I'm getting at is that we don't get dramatic visuals or events like that everyday to help us remember to think about it. So, make a note to yourself and think about it every day this month. Just think about it for a minute or maybe do a Web search and learn something new about the disease, research, potential cures, special events, fundraisers and charities. Or just reach out to someone you know and let them know you are ready to stand up and fight for them so that they can live. It'll make you feel good and it'll just make the world a better place, however small of a gesture.

- Judianne