This is true love...

Received this in an e-mail today which I would like to share with you:-

This is true love...

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. 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 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.

Katie, in her wheelchair with the oxygen tube, listening to 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.

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Even if the story was not a true life encounter; perhaps it was something made up; the true message that is conveyed here is that there is still hope out there, that there's still someone right for everyone... we just need to be patient and never stop believing. Life is short; so we should appreciate what we got and enjoy it while it last. Live for the moment and never have any regrets cos we only live once. =)