Thing a ma ... what? Thing-a-ma-boob!

It's a brilliant little idea — a key chain that helps you remember to do breast self exams and raises money for breast cancer. The key chain is made of pink beads of different sizes; each one represent the size of lump that can be detected through a variety of breast screening methods.

The smallest beads represent the average size lump found during regular mammograms. And the biggest one is the average size lump found by women checking their own breasts. It's a real eye-opener.

So-o, where can you get one of these funky and functional key chains? You can buy them through the Canadian Cancer Society ... or win one of three that I am giving away.

What do you have to do to win? Write to me!

Tell me what you love best about your body - and why.

I can't wait to read your responses.

Welcome to October!

This weekend my hubby, kids and I will be heading to downtown Toronto to take part in the annual CIBC Run for the Cure. It's an event that I have participated in since it's very inception. In fact, the very first run of this kind was held in my 'hood of High Park, Toronto.

While many men sign up for the run/walk, I love the whole girl spirit that's a huge part of the event ... the pink balloons and ribbons, girlfriends walking together and mums with babies in strollers.

When my eldest, Liv, was just 7 months old I ran pushing her along in a baby jogger, cheered on by scores of participants and volunteers. And when Sophie was just five months old, she came with me in her Bjorn baby carrier.

Everyone knows someone who has had breast cancer, don't they?

Little did I know when I started getting involved in the Run for the Cure many years ago, that I, too, would have a personal connection to this disease. Six years ago, a dear friend, Mary-Ellen Murray, died of breast cancer - she was only 36. I'll be thinking of 'Mimi' this Sunday when I do the run.

Tell me how breast cancer has touched your life or family ... and do you do your monthly self-exams?

Talk to you soon, Kathryn