Many of you who follow Kathy in other places know this, but we lost Kathy to cancer on 21 December 2018 at 3:31 pm.  She was wife, mother, sister, aunt, confidant, mentor, advocate, friend (to any and everyone), and so, so much more.  We miss her greatly.

This blog was an outlet she used to help her process her journey.  She hoped that in some small way, her words would help others understand what it is like to have this terrible disease and maybe provide inspiration for someone in need.  As time went by, she wrote less on her blog as she devoted more time to her other labor of love, patient advocacy.  Still, she always meant to come back and share more insights from her ‘climb’.

As I go through her accounts, I can’t help but be astounded by the outreach of love and support from the many people who Kathy has touched; if you happen to be one of those people, thank-you.

I will be leaving a few final entries on Kathy’s blog as a tribute to her life.  Some will be things that she has written or that have been written about her that just feels like it belongs here.  If anyone has anything they would like to share about Kathy – a story, a picture, or anything else you have found inspiring, please send it to her email account, kattown40@yahoo.com.  For those who would like to donate in Kathy’s name, she has requested donations be made to Theresa’s Research Foundation (www.theresaresearch.org) or Living Beyond Breast Cancer (www.lbbc.org).

Richard Townsend