Luke digs pink

So proud of my guy.  He was asked to speak at a Breast Cancer Awareness luncheon today for the hospital called "In the Pink".  It was a basically a room full of women, all in pink, many breast cancer survivors....and Luke.  :)  He prepared a 15 minute or so powerpoint about the importance of breast imaging....and HE ROCKED IT.  I was just sitting there in the audience watching him speak...thinking, Wow!...he's mine.  Just so smart, so confident, so funny and kind with these women.  I invited his mom to come because I knew she would enjoy hearing him too...plus she IS a breast cancer survivor!  We were both swelling up with pride...watching a man we both love so much.


The real funny thing is, that in preparing for the talk this past week....all those funny college behaviors came back out in him....briefly.  :)  Procrastination, not wanting to mess with it, why did he have to be the one to do the talk, etc, etc.  Of course we talked about it...and I tried to encourage him.  Told him that it wasn't just a presentation, but a chance to shine his light for Christ to a room full...a captive audience.  Reminded him that he was doing this as if working for the Lord and not for man.  And then just like in those days gone by, the pressure player that he is came out- he pulled it off in the 4th quarter with seconds to go....and smashed it through the uprights.  I  mean, total home run....with fireworks!  He did such an amazing job.  And I think his talk was not only relevant and important to the women in the room, but that he actually touched their hearts as well.  One lady came up to him afterward with tears in her eyes and said, "I don't' know if you remember me, Dr. Burton.  But thank you for finding  my cancer and saving my life."  Even the key note speaker asked if he remembered her....and said that he performed her biopsy and was an instrumental part in finding her cancer.  Story after story just brought tears to my eyes.


And of course, Luke knew how to end his talk well...with humor.  His last slide said, "It's worth the squeeze."  All the ladies in the room just giggled....knowing that early detection really is.


And probably the funniest part of the whole luncheon- Luke looked across the table at the sweet Nurse Navigator who was in charge of putting the whole thing on- and said he was just wondering why he was the one asked to give the talk today.  He said something, trying to be funny, like he figured he had "just drawn the short straw" out of their group of 3 radiologists....although his partners were trying to puff him up and say that she had "requested Luke to speak."
"So which one was it?" he asked her jokingly.  "Did you really request me, or were my partners just trying to get out of doing a powerpoint?"
She paused and said, "Well neither, Dr. Burton.  The patients requested you.  The patients asked for Dr. McDreamy to speak."  Ha!!!!  I knew they all thought he was cute.  Who wouldn't? :)


So proud of you, Luke McDreamy.  You did an awesome job today.