If you know anyone who has ever had to fight breast cancer, you know that keeping a positive attitude and staying in good spirits can make all the difference when it comes to recovery.

But keeping a good mood while going through chemo and radiation therapy can be quite difficult. Those treatments sap the body’s energy and often leaves you feeling very drained and blah afterwards.

I had a friend who was trying her best to stay strong, but I noticed she was getting depressed. I had to do something to cheer her up.

That’s when I found this set. I originally was only looking for a cool pink ribbon keepsake, something to let her know that I was thinking of her and that I cared. But I discovered an entire pink ribbon collection by Lolita and I had to have it.

When I arrived at her house with her gifts, I proudly wore this “Hope” T-shirt and also brought her one to match.

As she unpacked each Lolita item, the hand painted pink ribbon candle, the wine glass, the martini glass, and the champagne glass, her smile grew bigger and wider. She was so touched and couldn’t contain her tears of joy any longer.

But I had one more gift – her favorite ice cream.

She’s in full remisson now, but those pink ribbon items are still displayed in a special curio cabinet of everything that reminds her of her struggles. Since then she’s told me how low she was feeling that day. She said she’d felt like giving up, but when she saw how much I cared, it gave her hope and more strength to fight than she’d had before.

Every year we make a special toast to her recovery – using those special Lolita pink ribbon champagne glasses.

Do you have a friend with breast cancer that could use a little cheering up? Send her an item from the Lolita Pink Ribbon Collection.