ONE MONTH
One month ago today since I lost my sister......
There is a quilt being made in this country.
It is a quilt of memories of people fighting and losing the Metastatic Breast Cancer Battle.
The quilt will travel around this country.
And, one square on the quilt will remember OUR fight....
“Her eyes filled with tears
when I was very happy or sad.
THAT was my sister.”
LAURIE PAETZOLD RYAN
Daughter, Mother, Wife, Sister,
Aunt, Teacher
9/20/1963 – lost the 2 year MBC
battle on 4/21/2013
KATHLEEN PAETZOLD
Daughter, Mother, Sister, Aunt,
Teacher
4/7/1951 – still fighting MBC
after 6 years
They often say that “Of two
sisters,
one
is the watcher, and one is the dancer.”
Kathi
was the older, the quieter, “the watcher”.
Laurie was “the dancer”, the life and joy of every gathering.
Laurie
was at Kathi’s side for the 17 years she has battled BC.
Then
in 2009, Laurie also had the BC diagnosis.
In 2011, Laurie found herself traveling her sister’s road of MBC.
In 2012, that “road” took both of them to Ghana on an adventure of a lifetime
(even though both were still doing chemo treatments)!
Neither sister stopped fighting, but on 4/21 Laurie lost the battle.
Two beautiful girls lost their mother.
Students lost their teacher.
A
father lost his daughter.
A sister has
lost her friend and support.
And,
the world lost another “DANCER”.
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