Calendar Girl Blog: Before Breast of Canada

Before Breast of Canada (BBoC) I lived a normal life. At least, I think I did. The last five years of reigning over the Breast of Canada empire has managed to wipe out much of my memory of "the way I was".

The breast business is intense work. I'm pretty much wrapped in a daily blur of learning, loosing, loving, laughing and labouring.

My loyal, lovely and lively friend Jane suggested that I must cultivate the ability to 'dial down', lest I implode.

Ah yes, use the dial Sue. Not just the 'on/off' switch.

Jane is a wise woman.

BBoC, I wrote a story titled Close Calls, Dogs and Horseshoes for our national newspaper, The Globe and Mail. To be very precise, I wrote this story two days before BoC's inception. When I re-read this piece today, I was reminded of the fire of creation that burned in me BBoC. And I realized that it's a fire that did not consume, but rather has fueled my life for the last five years.

Two year's later, I did a follow up piece for the same rag. A different kind of pin-up calendar offers evidence of how, when a good fire gets lit, how hard it is to dampen.

A little Calendar Girl flash from the past.

Sue Richards