05/01/2026
My biggest cheerleader, supporter and champion ๐๏ธ Just a week ago, I left your hospital room certain you would recover. I promised youโI truly believedโyou would get better, and that weโd be sitting in the park again, drinking iced teas and talking about all the life still left to live. And then, within hours you unexpectedly left this world ๐ for a new adventure.
For over eleven years, you outlived every statistic. You beat the odds, time and time again, and carried yourself through it all with a strength that made something as heavy as cancer seem, at times, like a walk in the parkโdespite living with Stage IV non-smokers small cell lung cancer for so long. Even the day before you left this earth, you were still a busy bee in the hospital, working away on your to-do list, pushing forward like you always did. Watching you navigate Stage IV non-smokers small cell lung cancer with so much optimism, hope and determination will guide me on my hardest days for the rest of my life. Being able to be with you nearly everyday for the past few years has been the greatest time of my life, and the memories are everything to me.
You have always been my favorite person. My love for you is endless, and it will stay with me for eternity. I donโt know who I am without you, because everything I know about this world is because of you. You taught me strength, resilience, determination, kindness, and unconditional love. You will live on through me in everything I do.
You showed me the worldโhow to live, how to love, how to walk away from what no longer serves you. You taught me how to be brave, even when terrified, and how to move through life with grace and dignity. You are a beautiful human being, inside and out and thank you for being a magical mother, who was the ultimate cheerleader to her children, Marc & I are so lucky ๐ for you.
You will forever be missed, and you will be seen in everything we do as a continual source of guidance, inspiration and love.
Rest in peace, my sweet mother.
2.14.55 โ 4.23.26 ๐๏ธ