Two Sisters Fighting Metastatic Breast Cancer

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”.