PINK Magazine - Vol. 2 January 2013

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Takota (sister), Danielle, Denise (mom) ture son-in-law, Denise beams, “Marco is heaven sent; I can’t

are strong at the broken places.” While not one of us comes

explain how good of a person he is - definitely one of God’s

out of this experience of living alive, it is within the confines

blessings for Danielle. He never has a negative thought.” It’s

of our own mortality we can decide to see things as Dani-

obvious when talking with Danielle and with her mom that

elle does when she says: “Another day, another year, another

Marco and Danielle have an incredible appreciation not only

month - any I can have, I appreciate.”

for each other, but for the life they have been given. The two of them share a bond most young couples wish for. Cancer, we have learned over the years, doesn’t discriminate. It is hard for a parent to fathom their child being diagnosed with cancer. It’s a hard reality to accept. Denise and I share the role of being mothers to daughters we love more than life itself, daughters we would like to protect from every possible trouble but, knowing that to experience life, they must live it good, bad, and otherwise. Ernest Hemingway’s quote comes to mind: “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some Danielle & Jessica with friends

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