A True Friend Is LOVING All The Time

The girl in the picture is Katie Kirkpatrick, she is 21. Next to her, her fiance, Nick, 23.

The picture was taken shortly before their wedding ceremony, held on January 11, 2005 in the US.

Katie has terminal cancer and spend hours a day receiving medication.
In the picture, Nick is waiting for her on one of the many sessions of quimo to end.

 

In spite of all the pain, organ failures, and morphine shots, Katie is going along with her wedding  and took care of every detail.

The dress had to be adjusted a few times due to her constant weight loss.

An unusual accessory at the party was the oxygen tube that ketie used throughout the ceremony and reception as well.
The other couple in the picture are Nick's parents. Excited to see her son marrying his high school sweetheart.

Katie, in her wheelchair with the oxygen tube, listening a song from her husband and friends.

At the reception, katie had to take a few rests.
The pain do not let her to be standing up for long periods

Katie died five days after her wedding day.
Watching a woman so ill and weak getting married and with a smile on her face makes us think.....
Happiness is reachable, no matter how long it last.
We should stop making our lives complicated.

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Life is short, forgive quickly, laugh constantly
And never stop smiling, no matter how strange life is
Life is not always the party we expected to be, but as long as we are here, we should smile and be grateful.

~"Stars don't struggle to shine; Rivers don't struggle to flow; Rickie and Sarie will never struggle to love each other, because we each deserves the best, hold on to our dreams and it will soon be well with us and forever"- Author Unknown~

[Sumber : dari email teman -  March 31, 2009]