Imagine the happiest day of your life also being the beginning of the end of it as well?

My thoughts go out to the groom and the family.

http://www.ajc.com/news/b...20657.html

This part is where I lost it and tears actually rolled down my face:

Just moments after walking down the aisle, though, Trisha was rushed to the hospital. Within 48 hours, she had been diagnosed with a brain tumor. Ten days later, after a six-hour surgery that could not remove the entire tumor, Trisha fell into a coma from which she never emerged.

Before the operation, during a 10-day “honeymoon” in her hospital room at North Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Jim and Trisha discussed every possible outcome of her surgery. Both were counting on a positive result. But Trisha made Jim promise: If she were to end up in a vegetative state, with no hope of getting better, he would not let her languish.

In late July, Trisha went into hospice. Shortly after, Jim and her parents agreed to honor her request. It was the most agonizing moment of Jim’s life, but he told doctors to remove her feeding tube. Only the tube that helped her breathe remained.

PunkMistress said:

This part is where I lost it and tears actually rolled down my face:

Just moments after walking down the aisle, though, Trisha was rushed to the hospital. Within 48 hours, she had been diagnosed with a brain tumor. Ten days later, after a six-hour surgery that could not remove the entire tumor, Trisha fell into a coma from which she never emerged.

Before the operation, during a 10-day “honeymoon” in her hospital room at North Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Jim and Trisha discussed every possible outcome of her surgery. Both were counting on a positive result. But Trisha made Jim promise: If she were to end up in a vegetative state, with no hope of getting better, he would not let her languish.

In late July, Trisha went into hospice. Shortly after, Jim and her parents agreed to honor her request. It was the most agonizing moment of Jim’s life, but he told doctors to remove her feeding tube. Only the tube that helped her breathe remained.

It was such a tragic story all the way around. A young life gone way too soon

COMPUTERBLUE1984 said:

PunkMistress said:

This part is where I lost it and tears actually rolled down my face:

It was such a tragic story all the way around. A young life gone way too soon

But so beautiful, too. In the photos of her in the hospital with her mom and husband she looked so happy and loved. Too many people live a lot longer than she did, without half the love she had.

PunkMistress said:

COMPUTERBLUE1984 said:

It was such a tragic story all the way around. A young life gone way too soon

But so beautiful, too. In the photos of her in the hospital with her mom and husband she looked so happy and loved. Too many people live a lot longer than she did, without half the love she had.

Yeah....what struck me was how poignant the pics were. She was truly loved by many. Imagine the pain the parents and her husband feel?

COMPUTERBLUE1984 said:

PunkMistress said:

But so beautiful, too. In the photos of her in the hospital with her mom and husband she looked so happy and loved. Too many people live a lot longer than she did, without half the love she had.

Yeah....what struck me was how poignant the pics were. She was truly loved by many. Imagine the pain the parents and her husband feel?

That's the part that made me cry.

I met the love of my life four years ago; we married a year and a half later and it was truly the beginning of a new and happy life for both of us. The idea of one of us having to say goodbye to the other forever right after starting that journey...I can't even fathom the pain.

PunkMistress said:

COMPUTERBLUE1984 said:

Yeah....what struck me was how poignant the pics were. She was truly loved by many. Imagine the pain the parents and her husband feel?

That's the part that made me cry.

I met the love of my life four years ago; we married a year and a half later and it was truly the beginning of a new and happy life for both of us. The idea of one of us having to say goodbye to the other forever right after starting that journey...I can't even fathom the pain.

I always have admired those who find love and cherish it for all it is. Tomorrow is never promised to us, so stories like this make me look at things in a different perspective.

COMPUTERBLUE1984 said:

PunkMistress said:

That's the part that made me cry.

I met the love of my life four years ago; we married a year and a half later and it was truly the beginning of a new and happy life for both of us. The idea of one of us having to say goodbye to the other forever right after starting that journey...I can't even fathom the pain.

I always have admired those who find love and cherish it for all it is. Tomorrow is never promised to us, so stories like this make me look at things in a different perspective.

And that's the value in telling stories like this, I think. Not to wallow in the sadness of it, but to take something positive from it and let it inspire you to love harder and become aware of how impermanent all things really are.

That was truly a sad story.

It's this part that gets me:

"On the page, “From Bride to Angel,” he posted regular updates on her condition. It attracted nearly 5,000 followers, many of whom posted messages of love, concern and prayer.

In one of his more recent posts, he daydreamed about a future honeymoon:

“We imagined sitting on a secluded sandy white beach of a tropical shoreline. We basked in the sun, slept in our laps and dug our toes in the sand. We swam in the sparkling turquoise water chasing tropical fish giggling like kids in our goofy masks. We shared lots of kisses.”"

ufoclub said:

It's this part that gets me:

"On the page, “From Bride to Angel,” he posted regular updates on her condition. It attracted nearly 5,000 followers, many of whom posted messages of love, concern and prayer.

In one of his more recent posts, he daydreamed about a future honeymoon:

“We imagined sitting on a secluded sandy white beach of a tropical shoreline. We basked in the sun, slept in our laps and dug our toes in the sand. We swam in the sparkling turquoise water chasing tropical fish giggling like kids in our goofy masks. We shared lots of kisses.”"

Wow.

ufoclub said:

It's this part that gets me:

"On the page, “From Bride to Angel,” he posted regular updates on her condition. It attracted nearly 5,000 followers, many of whom posted messages of love, concern and prayer.

In one of his more recent posts, he daydreamed about a future honeymoon:

“We imagined sitting on a secluded sandy white beach of a tropical shoreline. We basked in the sun, slept in our laps and dug our toes in the sand. We swam in the sparkling turquoise water chasing tropical fish giggling like kids in our goofy masks. We shared lots of kisses.”"

See, that's what's so amazing about this story - NOT that a bride had a brain tumor.

These people could have spent their time miserably bemoaning their horrible fate - and nobody would have faulted them for it, how could they?

Instead, they basked in love and gave themselves over to the joy of knowing each other and knowing Love, even after they've been physically separated by death.

This sweeping story has reinforced by will to live

RIP

PunkMistress said:

ufoclub said:

It's this part that gets me:

"On the page, “From Bride to Angel,” he posted regular updates on her condition. It attracted nearly 5,000 followers, many of whom posted messages of love, concern and prayer.

In one of his more recent posts, he daydreamed about a future honeymoon:

“We imagined sitting on a secluded sandy white beach of a tropical shoreline. We basked in the sun, slept in our laps and dug our toes in the sand. We swam in the sparkling turquoise water chasing tropical fish giggling like kids in our goofy masks. We shared lots of kisses.”"

See, that's what's so amazing about this story - NOT that a bride had a brain tumor.

These people could have spent their time miserably bemoaning their horrible fate - and nobody would have faulted them for it, how could they?

Instead, they basked in love and gave themselves over to the joy of knowing each other and knowing Love, even after they've been physically separated by death.