Please remember to put sunscreen on yourself and your kids when you're going to spend time outside or travel in a car for a good while (yep, sun exposure through the window counts).  The sun is so intense now, and sunscreening up is so important for our health.

During my childhood and teen years, I only used sunscreen and my parents only put sunscreen on me to prevent painful burn.  That was the purpose of sunscreen.  No one said anything about skin cancer.  No one talked skin turning spotted and leathery because of sun exposure.  Store shelves housed more sun tanning oil than sunscreen.  I oiled up like a potato and baked in the sun.  Now I have to go for mole checks, head to toe, every year.  Yeah.  That's right up there with getting a pap.

I want to be around for my kiddo for a long time.  And I don't want her to have to make yearly appointments with a dermatologist because I let her bake while playing outside. 

So I'm sending out a friendly reminder:  sunscreen, sunscreen, sunscreen!