Read and Learn!

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away"
-Anonymous

If you think you are the most suffering person and never happy about life, think again. Just read and learn!

The girl in the picture is Katie Kirkpatrick, she is 21. Next to her, her fiancé, Nick, 23. The picture was taken shortly before their wedding ceremony, held on January 11, 2005 in the US.

Katie has terminal cancer and spend hours a day receiving medication. The pain in her back was so intense it broke through the morphine that was supposed to act as a shield.

Even breathing was difficult now, she had to use oxygen.

In the picture, Nick is waiting for her on one of the many sessions of quimo to end. Her organs were shutting down but it would not stop her from marrying Nick, who was in love with Katie since 11th grade.

In spite of all the pain, organ failures, and morphine shots, Katie is going along with her wedding and took care of every details. The dress had to be adjusted a few times due to her constant weight loss.

1.KKatie and Nick were married at Church Hazel Park on Saturday, January 15th, 2005.

An unusual accessory at the party was the oxygen tube that Katie used throughout the ceremony and reception as well.The other couple in the picture are Nick's parents. Excited to see her son marrying his high school sweetheart.


At the reception, Katie had to take a few rests.The pain do not let her to be standing up for long periods.

Katie died five days after her wedding day. Watching a women so ill and weak getting married and with a smile on her face makes us think.

Happiness is reachable, no matter how long it last. We should stop making our lives complicated.


source: http://archive.kaskus.us/thread/1563954