Wines to pair with breast cancer (Part 1 of 5)

Have you ever driven at night in the mountains? If so, you know that you should watch for deer. They often lurk just off the sides of the road, in the forest — the cute, soft brown creatures. Your kids scan the trees and gleefully point them out as you drive carefully, with your high beams on, trying to anticipate where they are moving.

You keep your fingers crossed that they don’t jump into your path. But now and then, you run into bad luck, one jumps into the road in front of you and BAM, you hit it.

Poor deer. Your kids freak out. You shake. You call the authorities. And now you have the inconvenience of having to do bodywork on your car.

I always thought of my family history of breast cancer like the deer...

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