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Rachel

Rachel Oh Rachel, my most valued friend You were taken to soon in the end Are first it was breast cancer that you were bound to beat The radiation burnt you from the heat They took your breasts and tried to recreate But something went wrong and you were ok with your fate They couldn’t do the reconstruction but you were okay You would live through another day Fast forward and you were cleared for a year It brought a lot of joy and cheer To celebrate you went on a cruise You knew you had nothing to lose During the vacation something was not right It brought you into yet another fight Pancreatic cancer, stage one, it won’t be that bad you said But soon there would be tears to shed By the time the surgery was to happen, it went to stage four They said there was nothing they could do for you anymore You lived only a few months from that day We are all left here to continue to pray You gave with your heart and always lent an ear Always so happy and never had fear As you fought, you had kindness and grace Always calming others and never a sad face The one thing you asked was to take care of your boys The cancer didn’t care what it destroys My heart and mind thinks of you all the time Taking you too soon was a crime. Sponsored by: Chantelle Anne Cooke

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Date: 7/1/2021 7:36:00 PM
But soon there would be tears to shed Beautiful. Congratulations!
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Date: 6/16/2021 7:28:00 AM
Kelly, beautifully penned and so emotional, "The cancer didn’t care what it destroys" so true. I have recently lost a friend also that started as breast cancer and spread to her entire body and a cousin that started with breast cancer with the same fate, in the end it spread to her bones and then her brain, and the saddest thing for me there could be no funerals because of Covid 19, love _Constance
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Kelly Ohara
Date: 6/16/2021 8:13:00 AM
She also died during Covid. It was so fast. One week she was at the hospital and talking, the next her husband asking for anyone to come to see her. I didn’t realize how fast it was going to take her. I hate to look back but I think her surgery was put off because of Covid. I hate to think that maybe if she got in there sooner they could have saved her but that won’t bring her back.

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