People Are Awesome - The Internet Rallies to Support a Mom Dying From Cancer #forkerryann

in #life7 years ago

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A father took to social media (imgur) the other day asking for help. His young wife (above) is dying of cancer. They knew her time was limited, so they created a bucket list for her to do before she goes. Unfortunately, however, she has become too weak to complete most of them.

In desperation he took to social media and asked for everyone's help. Since he couldn't help his wife complete her bucket list, he's asking that people around the world do it for her, and use the hashtag #forkerryann (his wife's name). The response has been incredible....I'm going to need a few tissue boxes to get through this one...

Her list:
Use a gun at a shooting range
Skydive
Paddle board
Drive a fast car
Go to a burlesque show/bar
Go to Wales
See more of Scotland
Go to a masquerade ball
Meet an A list Celebrity (So many to choose from but number 1 is the Rock)
Go to a film premier
Be in the Graham Norton audience
See the Lion King on stage
Spend my birthday in another country
Spend Christmas/ NYE in a lodge in the mountains
Get a full body exfoliation and Turkish bath
To be an extra in a film
Drive an old classic soft top car
Swim with dolphins
Shark dive in a cage
See the northern lights in Iceland
Take Emely to Disney Florida
Take Emely to Lapland
Go to Dubai
Roadtrip round America (San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Vegas, Seattle)
Roadtrip round Canada
See Pink in concert
See Britney in Vegas
Go to a country music festival
Go to Coachella
Go to an Ellen Degeneres show
Fly first class longhaul
Go to an American basketball game
Cycle round central park NYC
Go Snowboarding
Spend Thanksgiving or 4th July in the states
Run through a cornfield (from a horror film - but in daylight).

Here's the internet's response:

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Visit More of Scotland (https://imgur.com/gallery/uj4uX)

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Meet a Celebrity (Mel Brooks) (https://imgur.com/gallery/795ZX)

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Drive a Fast Car (https://imgur.com/gallery/WKbDZ)

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Swim With Dolphins (https://imgur.com/gallery/gKcvE)

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Go to Dubai (https://imgur.com/gallery/F3V9c)

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Shoot a Gun at a Range (https://imgur.com/gallery/C6b1t)

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Take Daughter to Disney (https://imgur.com/gallery/KCMoD)

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Visit Wales (https://imgur.com/gallery/LUXuy)

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Fly First Class (https://imgur.com/gallery/BZMa8)

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Go Skydiving (https://imgur.com/gallery/I5VKy)

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And my own contribution - spend a weekend in a cabin in the mountains (https://imgur.com/7n2mI9L)

If this brought a smile to your face, or a tear to your eye, please head over to imgur and add your own contribution using the hashtag #forkerryann. Also please resteem and share the word - the majority of people out there are awesome - and we're all just one big community, loving and sharing with each other during one of our time of need.

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It's amazing how the internet can bring people together for a great cause. Heartbreaking and inspiring all at the same time. Thank you for sharing this!