Laurin hated hearing people talking about a ‘battle with cancer,’ because with stage 4, there is almost no chance of winning, so she asked me to describe her journey as her having great fortitude. I have no idea how she kept a smile on her face every day, even through constant pain, medical procedures, and bad news. She was the first person in my life that I cared for more than myself and would have done anything for. Of course we had our moments like any couple would, but we always focused on making each other’s lives better. I have a huge hole in my heart in which I fear will never be filled. But I have so many amazing memories of our time together.
As I write this almost a year later, I have continued to take a lot of the trips we were planning, and trying to continue fulfilling many of her wishes. I have spent the year traveling the world, helping with several of the organizations that helped us along the way and continued her blog with close to 5,000 subscribers who shared our journey with us. Please continue this journey with us on her Polka Dot Queen page where you can read her side of the story in the older posts, and my thoughts in the months following.
‘Til we meet again, my love.
