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The saddest thing you will see all week

moshquerade

moshquerade

No Lifer
Katie Kirkpatrick Godwin, 21, delayed her terminal cancer just to celebrate the happiest event of her life.

Katie had chased away cancer once, only to have it return - to clog her lungs and grab hold of her heart.

Breathing was difficult now, she had to use oxygen.

The pain in her back was so intense it broke through the morphine that was supposed to act as a shield.

Her organs were shutting down but it would not stop her from marrying Nick Godwin, 23, who was in love with Katie since 11th grade.

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Five days later, Katie died.
She did not allow the disease to interfere with her life, to deprive her from hope or faith.
She had a beautiful wedding, she loved so strongly and she gave love.
And love doesn?t die. That?s how Katie struggled with cancer.
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http://bop.nppa.org/2006/still.../OES/67966/134496.html
 
I'm not going to read that, I have a paper to write and I don't want to feel sad when writing it
 
She was so thin. I had an uncle who looked like that just before he died. By that time he was in so much pain he screamed when he was touched, and then screamed because screaming hurt so bad. Cancer is scary as fuck.
 
Why the hell did I come in here, I was already feeling super down, now it's worse. Ugh. 🙁

KT
 
No offense to the OP, but I can't quite shake a certain almost pornographically voyeuristic feeling about photo stories like these.

Not that that's the whole of it by any means and I'm NOT saying this shouldn't be published or anything, please. I understand all the noble and good and uplifting and celebratory reasons for publishing this.

It's just that I feel left with a kind of icky aftertaste the we are also, on some more hidden level, acting like tragedy tourists skipping through some Disney-like display of someone else's pain.

Conflicted, I am. 🙁
 
Originally posted by: Perknose
No offense to the OP, but I can't quite shake a certain almost pornographically voyeuristic feeling about photo stories like these.

Not that that's the whole of it by any means and I'm NOT saying this shouldn't be published or anything, please. I understand all the noble and good and uplifting and celebratory reasons for publishing this.

It's just that I feel left with a kind of icky aftertaste the we are also, on some more hidden level, acting like tragedy tourists skipping through some Disney-like display of someone else's pain.

Conflicted, I am. 🙁
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I guess I am more of the optimist, perk. I see people die from cancer all too often, family, friends, fellow employees. Some see a terrible injustice and sadness in this story and I see a beautiful story of some people who did not let the end of life get in the way of LIFE!
 
Originally posted by: skyking
Originally posted by: Perknose
No offense to the OP, but I can't quite shake a certain almost pornographically voyeuristic feeling about photo stories like these.

Not that that's the whole of it by any means and I'm NOT saying this shouldn't be published or anything, please. I understand all the noble and good and uplifting and celebratory reasons for publishing this.

It's just that I feel left with a kind of icky aftertaste the we are also, on some more hidden level, acting like tragedy tourists skipping through some Disney-like display of someone else's pain.

Conflicted, I am. 🙁
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I guess I am more of the optimist, perk. I see people die from cancer all too often, family, friends, fellow employees. Some see a terrible injustice and sadness in this story and I see a beautiful story of some people who did not let the end of life get in the way of LIFE!
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Yeah, I hear you Kelly. My young wife died from cancer and yet her ICU room was such a buzzing, bright, bee hive of joy and affirmation of life that the UofP sent med students taking their sole course in religion as it pertains to medecine over to study and interview us.

Still feel deeply conflicted, though. 🙁
 
Originally posted by: Perknose
No offense to the OP, but I can't quite shake a certain almost pornographically voyeuristic feeling about photo stories like these.

Not that that's the whole of it by any means and I'm NOT saying this shouldn't be published or anything, please. I understand all the noble and good and uplifting and celebratory reasons for publishing this.

It's just that I feel left with a kind of icky aftertaste the we are also, on some more hidden level, acting like tragedy tourists skipping through some Disney-like display of someone else's pain.

Conflicted, I am. 🙁
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Well said. I feel the same way.

That said, this is sad and bitter and sweet and joyous, all at the same time.
 
Originally posted by: Perknose
Originally posted by: skyking
Originally posted by: Perknose
No offense to the OP, but I can't quite shake a certain almost pornographically voyeuristic feeling about photo stories like these.

Not that that's the whole of it by any means and I'm NOT saying this shouldn't be published or anything, please. I understand all the noble and good and uplifting and celebratory reasons for publishing this.

It's just that I feel left with a kind of icky aftertaste the we are also, on some more hidden level, acting like tragedy tourists skipping through some Disney-like display of someone else's pain.

Conflicted, I am. 🙁
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I guess I am more of the optimist, perk. I see people die from cancer all too often, family, friends, fellow employees. Some see a terrible injustice and sadness in this story and I see a beautiful story of some people who did not let the end of life get in the way of LIFE!
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Yeah, I hear you Kelly. My young wife died from cancer and yet her ICU room was such a buzzing, bright, bee hive of joy and affirmation of life that the UofP sent med students taking their sole course in religion as it pertains to medecine over to study and interview us.

Still feel deeply conflicted, though. 🙁
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you have reason enough when you typed out "my young wife" 🙁
 
Would it be as sad if she were ugly, and no one wanted to marry her?

Some people get a couple shit cards... some people get dealt a whole shit hand.
 
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