Pink Glove Dance

Number 721 on my gratitude list this past week was about dancing The Pink Glove dance at my daughter's wedding reception.  I thought, since this is my blog, I would take a few minutes to explain a little more about what the deal-i-o was with that.

When rock-star-diva friend started treatment for breast cancer, a friend sent her a link to this video:


It made her laugh.  And when your friend is going through the horrors of cancer treatment, you become profoundly grateful for anything that brings to her laughter and joy.  So, bride-to-be baby girl and I decided to honor our friend and celebrate the completion of her treatment by doing the pink glove dance at the wedding reception.  (It was really hard keeping that secret.)

This is my baby girl introducing the bridal party who got things started:

The wait staff at the reception facility placed bags of pink gloves at each table.  Attached to each bag was a note which read:

The Pink Glove Dance was made popular on YouTube by employees of the Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Oregon, dancing in support of breast cancer awareness.

 Today we celebrate in honor of our friend, breast cancer survivor, and rock-star diva, raising hands in thanksgiving to the Lord Jesus Christ, the Great Physician, for His healing power in her life.

 And this is what happened on the dance floor:

Young.  Old.  People who knew her, people who didn't know her; people who knew others battling this evil disease, all joined in.

And my friend felt loved.  And it was a beautiful thing.