Friday, March 27, 2009

Life is Short!!!

I got an email from my friend. I think we have to learn to appreciate what we have now.

珍惜現在擁有的!每个人都不会知道明天会发生什么事情。 所以要好好得享受现在,爱护身边得每个人。

Beautiful Lesson!!!!



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 termi nal cancer and spend hours a day receiving medication.

In the picture, Nick is waiting for her on one of the many sessions of quimo to end.




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



An unusual accessory at the party
was the oxygen tube that ketie used throughout the ceremony and reception as well.

The other couple in the pictur e are Nick's parents. Excited to see her son marrying his high school sweetheart.




Katie,
in her wheelchair with the oxygen tube, listening a song from her husband and friends



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.

"Life is short.
Break the rules
,
forgive quickly

kiss passionately, love truly

laugh constantly

And never stop smiling
no matter how strange life is

Life is not always the party we expected to be
but as long as we are here, we should smile and be grateful."
"