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  • Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
  • Watch in real-time as Kara Tippetts, the quintessential 'normal mom,' struggles through each new breast cancer diagnosis, ending with her untimely and hard-to-understand death. Her honesty and courage inspired hundreds of thousands of fellow moms to follow along with Kara through her suffering and eventual death. No one will be the same after watching Kara's story. With insightful contributions from Joanna Gaines, Ann Voskamp, and Joni Eareckson Tada.
    #karatippetts
    #breastcancerawareness
    #joannagaines
    #cancer
    #inspiration

КОМЕНТАРІ • 619

  • @WandaSkeens-tq3ug
    @WandaSkeens-tq3ug Місяць тому +19

    I sit here recovering from my 2nd chemotherapy treatment. Pancreatic cancer.. But I know who holds my future, and I'm so thankful for being apart of God's family. God bless everyone..

    • @janelleabbott2227
      @janelleabbott2227 29 днів тому +3

      You can be healed. God loves you. Thoughts & prayers

    • @northernlitez1
      @northernlitez1 24 дні тому +2

      I'm saying a prayer for you. All things are possible with God. Huge hugs

    • @CHELSEABuckhannon
      @CHELSEABuckhannon 22 дні тому +2

      AMEN ❤❤❤❤

  • @bliven8704
    @bliven8704 Рік тому +86

    My daughter learned a month ago she had stage 4 pancreatic cancer with liver metastasis found completely by accident. Chemo started today. I didn’t know if I wanted to watch this. But my daughter says God chose me for a reason either way. I’m planning to ring the bell but if not he still chose me. She is is strongest most beautiful soul I know. God bless all of you.

    • @christinaeckhart2784
      @christinaeckhart2784 Рік тому +11

      I wish you both so much love and strength😢❤

    • @shodson314
      @shodson314 Рік тому +10

      Whispered a prayer for your daughter and you 💚

    • @Minnie--ru2ew
      @Minnie--ru2ew Рік тому +14

      I believe when your daughter said, “God chose me for a reason…” As an Oncology/Hematology Nurse, I am blessed to witness situations like this with my patients. They are provided the gift of discernment. They feel and see what we can’t. This strengthened my faith in God. I see miracles happen in my workplace. I learn a lot from my patients- something I never learned in nursing school. Cancer patients are given that gift - to prepare themselves for life eternal. God Bless 🙏

    • @BartosTradingCompany65
      @BartosTradingCompany65 7 місяців тому +3

      I lost my youngest sister May 20, 2022. Still doesn't feel real. I feel her all around me

    • @janemortimer9714
      @janemortimer9714 6 місяців тому

      Be strong for her mom. Live the best life you can with her.

  • @Shadowfax85
    @Shadowfax85 Рік тому +158

    I'm so thankful this video crossed my path. Kara is still teaching all of us to love harder, and to live each day we are blessed with to the fullest. My heart breaks for her family and her babies.

    • @bobs1356
      @bobs1356 10 місяців тому +2

      She was still so young but cancer ages you terrible. My mom was 60' with cancer and after 2 years she looked like 100.

  • @cheribontrager6245
    @cheribontrager6245 Рік тому +289

    My cousin had a brain tumor and was given 6 months. She lived 10 years! Ten years to be with her children. Years that she had to meet her grandchildren. I lost my husband to cancer last year. It was a six year journey that we both agreed at the end gave us things that we never would have had otherwise. We didn't ask why us, but why not us? We are no better than any other. To think that there is nothing to be gained through the journey is very sad. I know that faith in Christ makes all the difference.

    • @Dajourney1
      @Dajourney1 Рік тому +20

      YES! Faith in our Lord and Savior! He is the goal

    • @sunshiicattara6410
      @sunshiicattara6410 Рік тому +21

      You are so right. I lost my son in law a few months ago to stage 4 lung cancer. The family bond only grew, with each passing day, as well as our faith. We never felt sorry for ourselves, we each grieved in our own ways for the whole journey, but we laughed, and enjoyed every minute we had with him, and so did he. God rest his sweet soul, I miss him terribly, we all do, my granddaughter is only 10, my daughter, they were married over 20 years. He was only 41. So it’s very ruff at the moment, but we will get through this, but only with God.

    • @cheribontrager6245
      @cheribontrager6245 Рік тому +11

      @@sunshiicattara6410 I'm very sorry for your loss. It's truly a blessing that your family has a strong bond and loves the Lord. It's not any easy journey to navigate, but Faith makes all the difference.

    • @Yaya-tt1vc
      @Yaya-tt1vc Рік тому +3

      This is true

    • @princessebony12
      @princessebony12 Рік тому +11

      I lost my husband to lung cancer in 2018. It was a blessing for the 8 months I was taking care of him. I myself was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2020. I never truly recovered. I was always a believer. God has truly revealed himself even more in this. It is not our loss but what we gain in the loss. God is still good🙏🏿🙏🏿

  • @galekelly3376
    @galekelly3376 Рік тому +78

    That was such a beautiful story and so well done. I just lost my sister 2 weeks ago to stage 4 colon cancer. It was so hard to watch her suffer and get so frail as it ate away her body. We were blessed to have her for 23 months after her diagnosis. I know we will see her again in heaven with our Savior and He is the only way we can make it through. Thank you for sharing this story!

    • @gigi-nl8rp
      @gigi-nl8rp Рік тому +8

      ❤ Thank-you for sharing this comment and I'm very sad for your loss I do agree we all will meet up again stay strong look to God for all you do...❤..Gina fr.South Jersey...

    • @shastina-hu9bf
      @shastina-hu9bf Рік тому +5

      Sorry For Your Loss. I Lost My Step Mother & My Mother

    • @chasethecat3839
      @chasethecat3839 Рік тому +6

      I have one sister who has also been like a mom to me. I can't imagine. I'm so sorry.

  • @hatarismom
    @hatarismom 4 місяці тому +15

    MY husband is in the last stages of lung cancer that’s gone to his bones and he is in so much pain, it breaks my heart. This story helped me, thank you. Please pray for him, help him to have a good death.

  • @ketaminedreams1377
    @ketaminedreams1377 Рік тому +10

    Respectfully, I didn’t watch past her trying to encourage Brittany Maynard to suffer until her untimely end because “it’s what god intended.” Such trash. “God” also intended for her to get brain cancer at an early age and miss out on a normal human lifespan of memories and experiences, so what’s your point? How dare she? I’m sympathetic to their suffering but when faced with the choice of dying with dignity vs just dealing with excruciating circumstances because it’s what some made up ghost in the sky “wants”, who the fuck cares? She had no right. None. I hope they’re both at peace but that was just wrong. Maybe Kara decided her own life was worth suffering til the end for the sake of all she was leaving behind, but that’s not true for everyone. Each person’s journey thru this sensory experience of life is unique and no one, I don’t care what qualifications you believe you have, has the right to try to guilt another person into suffering just because they believe some nebulous spirit entity wishes them to see their torture thru til the end. Nope.

  • @ClearwaterKB
    @ClearwaterKB Рік тому +31

    In case anyone is curious, Jason remarried 2-3 years later and welcomed a daughter with his wife, Sarah, in September of 2019. Kara was adamant that he find another partner after her death.

  • @CuppaGrief
    @CuppaGrief Рік тому +21

    "I have today, and today I live well" should be our motto, for all of us.

  • @bobs1356
    @bobs1356 Рік тому +50

    This is a sad story. What a good wife and mother. I hope her children realize how much she loves them, even when she's gone.

    • @leemacaulay2782
      @leemacaulay2782 Рік тому +5

      Watched mid Sept. I don't know if I have another day or another year. I am 76 and looking to see what mission God has for me the next season of my life. I was very active in my 40's as a Prolife rescuer, we are now dealing with all this gender craziness and I need to remind myself that God is in control. Kara reminds me of just that. I will see you on the other side

  • @andyblank3546
    @andyblank3546 Рік тому +55

    Such a beautiful tribute to an amazing woman and Christian 😇🙏❤️

  • @tixie1895
    @tixie1895 Рік тому +60

    I’m the same age as Kara and have young children as well. How she managed her long goodbye was beautiful and her religion clearly helped her and gave her comfort. I had a very sudden illness that lead to me being in a coma for a month with little chance of survival. It was the scariest thing ever knowing I may never see my children again. ❤

    • @trixie1556
      @trixie1556 Рік тому +22

      It wasnt religion that gave her hope. It was knowing her Savior Jesus. I pray that you continue to have good health and may uou come to know Him. God Bless!

  • @amclaudet
    @amclaudet Рік тому +33

    Her beauty radiated. This impacted me as a mom of 5 catching myself taking life for granted

  • @candaceyoung1759
    @candaceyoung1759 Рік тому +26

    My mom was diagnosed with breadt cancer at 36 and it spread to her brain at 40 and she had a seizer and we got 9 months with her. She passed February 11, 1993 . My grandfather past away from his second round of lung cancer in November 1992. They were meant to be together, and they are my guardian angels in heaven. God had a bigger plan for all taken too soon.❤😊

  • @Tinkerginamama
    @Tinkerginamama Рік тому +38

    She gave me so much hope today. I’ve had the worst year with health and losing our home now. I was attacked by our landlord while sleeping today. Had the police here and I am so sick. Having my heart monitor placed next week and my kidneys aren’t doing well. I got so much hope from her to trust the Lord. His love is never ending. I can feel his love and peace and I thank Kara for her story today. I can’t wait to hug her in heaven. I pray for her husband and precious children!!!

    • @liviamoon
      @liviamoon Рік тому +13

      Prayers and Love for you from Germany.❤️🙏💫🕊️

    • @mamawjoni
      @mamawjoni Рік тому +8

      Wow, what a tear jerker. She’s at peace now with Jesus

    • @liztowers2058
      @liztowers2058 Рік тому +4

      WWWWWHAAAAAT????? attacked by landlord while asleep?? and heart monitor? omg you poor thing.

    • @914WOL
      @914WOL 11 місяців тому +3

      Prayers and love for you. God is with you❤

    • @Tinkerginamama
      @Tinkerginamama 11 місяців тому +2

      @@914WOL thank you!

  • @jodeming5088
    @jodeming5088 Рік тому +56

    Wow, what an incredible person Kara is. So brave, strong and beautiful. Her husband, children, family & friends are so blessed to have been loved by her. I cried through out this movie and I am grateful to have watched this. Fly high beautiful angel. I hope to meet you some day.

  • @liseklerekoper2441
    @liseklerekoper2441 Рік тому +20

    What a beautiful film w/ the full range of emotions. It will be a special gift for her children to see this as they grow & continue to miss her presence & love so deeply. The peace & grace that she carried even when death was close was humbling & gave me gratitude for today. To say that Kara was an incredible human being on so many levels is obviously a huge understatement. Thank you for making ths film to keep her memory alive. My heart breaks for her husband & kids. They & the world needed more time w/ her in it. 🫶🙏

  • @maxfulmer3193
    @maxfulmer3193 Рік тому +48

    Thank you Kara. My daughter fought brain cancer for 19 years. From 19 months old till she was 21. We lived everyday as if it was our last together. We were blessed to have so much time together. But, like you showed, love is a amazing drug. Your family and friends are all amazing. My daughter and I did not get that support from are family and friends. Her stepfather was the only one that was always there for us. Rip Kara you are a special Angel.

  • @MastersMusicMaker
    @MastersMusicMaker Рік тому +31

    I “ran into” this story by God’s direction. Being a breast cancer survivor I’ve had friends who have died. But I needed to watch this…. Thank you for sharing Kara’s story, her love for God, and how Kara didn’t allow her pending death to slow her down in sharing God’s love,to challenge everyone who watches her story and reads her books-which I will be doing. See you someday Kara….

    • @Ellie20145
      @Ellie20145 Рік тому +6

      I needed to watch this as well. I’m also a breast cancer survivor and I’m suffering from severe survivor’s guilt. I pray I will be half as brave as Kara. I also pray you are doing well. 💗

    • @MastersMusicMaker
      @MastersMusicMaker Рік тому +5

      @@Ellie20145 As much as you can don’t feel guilty…I know it’s not easy, I struggled with it as well…

  • @jenniferp4272
    @jenniferp4272 Рік тому +17

    Such a beautiful soul this lady had. God bless family and friends 🙏. She knew how to live. RIP Kara 🙏🙏✝️

  • @V3ganBr33
    @V3ganBr33 Рік тому +11

    My mother had an 8 lb brain tumor. A chordoma. She had 0.1% chance of surviving surgery. She made it through surgery and lived 21 years after stereotactic radio surgery. She passed in 2017. Not from cancer either, she died from an untreated UTI and developed sepsis.

  • @soniaallen1476
    @soniaallen1476 Рік тому +68

    I am so thankful I came across this.Lately, I have thought a lot about my own mortality; not because I have an illness but simply because of my stage in life. This brave and wonderful woman, Kara, so deserving of life, so full of love for her children and husband, will moat certainly walk in paradise. Thank you for sharing this beautiful story.

    • @beverleycumming1876
      @beverleycumming1876 Рік тому +8

      Isaiah 33:24…and no resident will say I am sick…in the coming new world all sickness and death will be reversed! Look forward to meeting her there

  • @TheDblRnbw
    @TheDblRnbw Рік тому +5

    Such beauty was meant to be shared, just like Nightbird! They were both absolutely correct that there is beauty in suffering... few ppl will understand this. ঞଓ
    RiP Karaଓ, enjoy those wings girl bc u earned them!
    ʚFly Highɞ

  • @Pavlova4534
    @Pavlova4534 Рік тому +24

    What an Amazing Woman,what a mother,what a Wife,what a friend. God bless you Kara,in the arms of Jesus now, Rest in Paradise ❤️❤️

  • @ElysiumPondue
    @ElysiumPondue Рік тому +32

    Her faith is inspiring. A part of me wonders why God couldn’t let her see her kids grow up and continue spreading His word, but I know that isn’t for me to understand. I hope her family is doing well. They had a wonderful wife and mother.

    • @beverleycumming1876
      @beverleycumming1876 Рік тому +1

      Soon to be reversed Revelation 21:3,4

    • @monicadonnelly4991
      @monicadonnelly4991 Рік тому +2

      Why did god give her cancer

    • @yvonnekneeshaw2784
      @yvonnekneeshaw2784 Рік тому

      ⁠@@monicadonnelly4991after God created the earth, man was given free will (choice). Adam/Eve choose to sin and when sin entered this world, disease, etc began. So God came up with a plan to us to be made in right standing with God through Jesus. Jesus died and rose, taking our sins on Himself once and for all. This gift means all we need to do is accept Him into our lives. God cries with us in our sorrows and does not rejoice in suffering. He is with us in our sorrows. When we believe in Jesus, in His mercy, we have a firm assurance of eternally living with God when we pass and help while here on this earth. I don’t believe God gave her cancer.

    • @Minnie--ru2ew
      @Minnie--ru2ew Рік тому +8

      ⁠​⁠@@monicadonnelly4991 God has plans for each of us. Some get diseases for a reason beyond our understanding. But if we have FAITH in HIM, we’ll be guided the gift of discernment. People like Kara are destined for greatness in God’s Kingdom. God Bless 🙏

    • @colleenmcbride3656
      @colleenmcbride3656 10 місяців тому +3

      ​@@monicadonnelly4991God didn't give her cancer. Only goodness comes to God. We don't know God's plan for our lives, but there's a higher reason for everything.

  • @lynnekelley7545
    @lynnekelley7545 Рік тому +25

    Kara's message of love is what I will keep in my heart, too. Nothing can ever separate us from God's love.

  • @patcummings6950
    @patcummings6950 Рік тому +11

    "Knowing Christ is the goal"..... thank you, Kara..

  • @schelliegris7481
    @schelliegris7481 Рік тому +12

    I have just had a surgery for breast cancer. I am positive, even knowing this story.

    • @pegansmith.11_29
      @pegansmith.11_29 Рік тому +2

      Prayers to you sister!❤✝️💕🙏

    • @CHELSEABuckhannon
      @CHELSEABuckhannon 11 місяців тому +2

      Yes prayers sweetheart ❤❤❤❤

    • @HWolfe
      @HWolfe 7 місяців тому

      Will be in prayer fir your recovery and that cure❤!

  • @audramuth4147
    @audramuth4147 Рік тому +13

    To anyone here in December 2022, if you enjoyed her story .
    Please look at The story of “Joey Feek”.
    She was in the same boat . Diagnosed with cancer before her 40th birthday . Was a country singer . Married to Rory Feek. Their movie is called “to Joey with love”

  • @sharonwarner2894
    @sharonwarner2894 Рік тому +27

    Heartwarming & heartbreaking at the same time 😢 she sure was strong and handled this with so much grace! I feel like she was my friend too. What an incredible Godly women 🫶🏼 she reminds me of how my sister handled her cancer battle. I hope they are friends in Heaven 🙌🏼 God bless Jason & their beautiful children 😇

  • @wlenore8071
    @wlenore8071 Рік тому +23

    This came across my suggestion list and, as a 37 yr old mom of two boys 1 and 5, this touched me deeply. WHat an amazingly brave woman! Her ability to inspire me and others to see the preciousness in each moment with your family and friends truly made me look at things in a different way that I will forever be thankful for. Fly with the angels, you’re truly a beautiful woman, now and forever!

  • @dorothybrogden3523
    @dorothybrogden3523 Рік тому +15

    I currently have lost 2 family members to cancer and have a cousin now with stage 4 colon cancer. Watching Kara's story has brought tears to my eyes but has also strengthened me in other ways. Thank you Kara for sharing your long goodbye with us!! ❤

  • @cindyhalpern3187
    @cindyhalpern3187 Рік тому +4

    Everyone has a right to die the way they want.
    I understand one person can deal with dying, but maybe someone else can't.
    I think interference was wrong. I am sorry, but respect the other one. Don't put your values on someone else.
    Kara has to do it this way, Brittany couldn't.
    Let respect rule.

  • @mookie8485
    @mookie8485 Рік тому +14

    So thankful this crossed my path... I lost my mom 8 yrs ago this March from stage 4 breast cancer that also started in the lymph nodes and spread to her brain. A God-fearing strong woman. Bless you and your family. I don't know you but I love you.

  • @KLeonardM
    @KLeonardM Рік тому +5

    " I can't wait to see Jesus's face when he looks at me."

  • @nativetxntexas7341
    @nativetxntexas7341 Рік тому +32

    My heart shattered when she asked her friend “am I scary?” I thought about my father, 30 years ago, going through cancer. I was terrified at what/how I’d feel about what he’d look like, knowing that what I saw happening with him was reality. Something I just couldn’t face and certainly wasn’t ready for. I remember after we got the diagnosis, my sister and I were driving into our childhood home. When I saw all of what he’d built, he was everywhere. It was too much. I was just needing to be close to him. To soak up every precious last moments with him. I feel so very blessed that I got those last months with him. I love and miss you every day Daddy.

  • @pamowen3452
    @pamowen3452 Рік тому +10

    This has helped me so much in my suffering, thank you everyone for this beautiful documentary. God bless all of you!

  • @sarinaedwards6705
    @sarinaedwards6705 Рік тому +14

    To me the most scary thing is not death... It's not having a relationship with JESUS that's important 🙏

    • @sarinaedwards6705
      @sarinaedwards6705 Рік тому +1

      Well done kara, see you in the land that is fairer than day...

    • @marioncannon9924
      @marioncannon9924 4 місяці тому

      It's not scary to me. I'm an atheist

  • @jackieshearer1339
    @jackieshearer1339 Рік тому +11

    I lost my husband to covid liver failure last December 2022 . After 40 years of marriage. I didn’t want to let him go. But God allowed me to let him go . Watching him suffer not being able to move as he lost so much muscle . On a ventilator but could speak a little. But God showed me I would be okay . We have 5 grown up children & 5 grandchildren. But God gave me proverbs 3:5,6 . And gave me the understanding of why this happened. And I’m glad God took him out off this horrible world and I know where he is. Plus God took Andrew but has given more 2 more beautiful granddaughters x so God bless you and your family x

  • @dasavagegamers6496
    @dasavagegamers6496 Рік тому +19

    This touched me to my very soul😢 God bless all of you and I will forever hold Kara’s story in my heart!

  • @alicelowder1050
    @alicelowder1050 2 роки тому +13

    love makes one vulnerable...Loving someone who does not value one's love is a danger I no longer want to risk. It is too easy to get thrown under the bus. Yet, I know that even those who have hurt me are loved by God. So I risk loving again by praying for those who have hurt me xxx

    • @yvonnedaniel1053
      @yvonnedaniel1053 Рік тому +4

      Bless you now and always. I needed your message.

  • @ktilleyhappiness
    @ktilleyhappiness Рік тому +6

    This was a great film about courage and determination. I did not like the religious aspect. You can grow and be strong without religion.

    • @jenniferthom
      @jenniferthom Рік тому +2

      You can do things without religion- but nothing we do is without God & His love

    • @battybethc8061
      @battybethc8061 Рік тому +1

      Truth! But people are different and have different faiths, beliefs. This woman was a strong beautiful soul, bless her.

    • @ap8441
      @ap8441 11 місяців тому +2

      God is King and always always good, in Jesus name Amen. I know with out a shadow of a doubt he’s the real deal. I’ve witnessed things in my own life there’s absolutely no other explanation for.

    • @CHELSEABuckhannon
      @CHELSEABuckhannon 2 місяці тому +1

      AMEN ❤❤❤❤​@@jenniferthom

    • @kmsy200
      @kmsy200 Місяць тому

      No you can't, Christianity it's not religion, he brought love not hate like Mohammad and Buddha. So your life is waisted when time comes you are dying say the same things I don't think so .

  • @LindaHimesama
    @LindaHimesama 10 місяців тому +8

    I waited 5 years to be able to watch this. I couldn't view it in my country. I "knew" Kara from her blog before and during cancer. I never imagined she was preparing me for my own cancer journey. I am in the US on vacation with my two girls who were 2 and 3 when I was diagnosed and are now 9 and 10 going to Disney for the first time. But my trip was not complete without finally watching this. She has no idea of what she has meant in my life and in my family's life. I have been telling her story for years! I hope others continue to do so.

  • @atrueshakespeare
    @atrueshakespeare Рік тому +4

    Her story touches me greatly. I have never had friends..never had family. Never had support. I am dying and I feel nobody seems to care. I wonder and ask why God put me here? I have had no purpose. And now it's to late. My life has been pointless. I have not touched anyone. I am truly saddened. I wish I had money. Enough to not live in a shack. Enough to not worry about electric bill to run my oxygen. I dreamed my whole life to live like Kara. Even to be able to have a little. Goodbye. Life is a miracle. Remember to do it right.

  • @ladyrose358
    @ladyrose358 Рік тому +2

    I have cancer and there is nothing my doctor can do to heal me. So life is a big bitch! I have nothing to live for.

    • @standup2982
      @standup2982 11 місяців тому +1

      I'm so sorry, sending love from the UK 🇬🇧 💗

    • @joandaniels9372
      @joandaniels9372 Місяць тому

      Jesus can heal you ,first get to know Him personally

    • @prettylittleliar7311
      @prettylittleliar7311 Місяць тому

      Sending healing love and prayers in Jesus name. Hope ur doing well today

  • @arleneg1271
    @arleneg1271 Рік тому +7

    Wow, tears were flowing. I read Kara's blog for years and it seems unreal that she has been gone 8 years. Thank you for sharing this with so many people who did not get to follow her story as it was happening.

  • @eileenhernandez7205
    @eileenhernandez7205 Рік тому +2

    Beautiful lady: When people got upset with you, because you encouraged the other lady who got cancer to hold on & she was going to end her life with a pill, that there was dignity in living each day to the end. I wonder if people know that doctors make decisions every day to end a patients life artificially. They just don't tell you!
    My husband was dying in the veteran's hospital. He had just been there for about a week When they started drugging him with powerful drugs. Later after he died. I understood they were making him drown in the fluid the drugs caused his body to have.
    Earlier while I was taking care of him at home he had a dream that the doctors were coming toward him with a syringe pretending to help him and all of a sudden, their faces became very evil. At the same time, the Blue birds he fed each morning knocked the docs out the upstairs window. He woke up screaming & asked me to lay with him.
    My husband wanted to live every day to the end. He was robbed of that. I didn't realize that Dr. Kevorkian had won!

  • @elainelewis5803
    @elainelewis5803 Рік тому +4

    I truly envy people who truly believe they are going to heaven and will meet Jesus. Since I am a skeptic I don’t have that kind of peace.

  • @dawnroswall2327
    @dawnroswall2327 Рік тому +19

    I could not love this more or be more heartbroken

  • @Skatejock21
    @Skatejock21 Рік тому +5

    I grew up with a woman who had cancer 4 times and the 4th took her. One of them was breast cancer. Pancreatic cancer took her. Yet in all those years, she was the most loving and caring woman. She gave so much service to others. She continued to raise her kids. It was such a loss that her youngest son, who I am good friends with. All he could at her funeral was sit on a chair and cry. He spent much of childhood with a mother who had cancer. She left such an example right until her death. When she talks about losing her hair. I think society needs to see hair for what it really is. There is much dismissive behavior when it comes to hair loss. So many women (with or without hair) will say that a woman beautiful inside and out. How it starts from the inside. We as woman are emotionally attached to our hair, that is our biology. So Kara losing her hair and seeing how big of a part it played in who she is and how she felt. That is a real emotion that has been studied. Its a HUGE deal to lose your hair. No amount of pushing aside the true facts about it, losing your hair is a big deal. Its an emotion you work through, it does not go away. Regardless how many times you tell the woman that she's beautiful without it. Its like styling a wig for a woman with hair loss. You acknowledge how they felt about their hair before the loss and ask what it looked like and what it felt. It really goes that deep. Women really need to start acknowledging real emotions about hair. It truly is part of us as women.

  • @suzannewoon7129
    @suzannewoon7129 Рік тому +14

    What a truely inspiring woman you were Kara. You had such a way words. You are most definitely in a better place. No more pain and suffering.

  • @terileschner
    @terileschner Рік тому +9

    I just came across Kara's story. It has touched my heart how strong she was and how loving you her family and friends are.
    RIP beautiful Kara

  • @elsienorback7689
    @elsienorback7689 Рік тому +4

    Wow! What a beautiful person and beautiful soul.
    I was diagnosed with breast cancer last summer and went through a lot and I feel I’ve got this! One cannot see anything else but hope and they positive side. I cannot even allow myself to think anything negative or sad.

  • @cseverin821
    @cseverin821 Рік тому +10

    Thank you Kara. For sharing your story, your beautiful family and showing us how to walk in grace. My sister has stage 4 metastatic BC and she is showing me how life is meant to live with humility, abundance and gratitude. At the same time it’s so hard and I want to scream every single day. There’s no BC in my family and that’s confusing. I choose to be the sister MY sister wants to be. Time is precious. Rest easy Kara dear friend.

  • @andyblank3546
    @andyblank3546 Рік тому +13

    Shared publicly on my Facebook because more people need to know about this beautiful story and family. Well done 😍

  • @sallyflory6009
    @sallyflory6009 Рік тому +4

    I'm sorry but God doesn't exist anymore in my eyes before anyone judges me read my story first. OK in 2010 a 21 year old driver under the influence of drugs was driving on the wrong side of the road at approximately 90 miles an hour hit my husbands car head on leaving him with a lot of injury the driver of the other car had no injury he was jailed for 5 years today he stills suffers. Then April 12 I lost my mum then June 1 lost my dad same year just starting to stop my heart breaking when in September my gourgous 21 year old daughter died all of a sudden leaving her 6mth daughter I'm looking after her now 💔 😢 so for me there's no higher being its just bull crap I'm sorry if this hurts people but I'm hurting right now and can't believe I will ever get back to normal

    • @nickywilks7928
      @nickywilks7928 Рік тому +3

      Fully understand...omg this is just beyond tragic.

    • @Anastashya
      @Anastashya Рік тому +2

      Oh Sally, what you’ve lost in such a short time is absolutely horrific. I’m so so sorry 😞 My heart goes out to you ❤️

    • @collettejazaerli9811
      @collettejazaerli9811 Рік тому +1

      @sallyflory6009
      Isaiah 57 1:2
      The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; the devout are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil. Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death.
      I hope this truth in Gods Wisdom in love brings you some peace and understanding .
      God is Love . He loved Us First . Shalom 🕊️

  • @russiangirl1979
    @russiangirl1979 Рік тому +7

    What a beautiful soul. This documentary is truly powerful. Made me cry.

  • @XXchromosomes24
    @XXchromosomes24 Рік тому +2

    This whole Kara story is amazing in its cheesiness. A marketing coup for religious fundamentalism. Like those churches always do. They create a big emotional show out of everything. Disturbing.

  • @bobs1356
    @bobs1356 10 місяців тому +3

    Shirley here, my hubby snores when sleeping but I thought I he wasn't here I would give anything to here that snoring again. He can snore all he wants.

  • @Kay-gb3pt
    @Kay-gb3pt Рік тому +8

    What a beautiful story of Kara’s life and her courage and love. Thank you for making this documentary.

  • @DebraCollins-fq4jo
    @DebraCollins-fq4jo Рік тому +2

    Kara was a model Pastor's wife, and the virtuous woman of Proverbs 31. She is resting in peace waiting for that glorious day when Jesus wakes her up and takes all the saints back home with Him. 1Thess4:13-18 & 1Cor15. Isaiah 57:1-2, we don't know why that God lays the righteous to rest but for the evil that is to come. They sleep in their dusty beds until the resurrection. Rest in peace dear lady. 🙏

  • @tommescribner461
    @tommescribner461 Рік тому +5

    heartwarming and sad. I am glad she knew god had her and was helping her with her journey. But she did not have the right to judge and tell someone else how to do their journey.

  • @ronaldhartfordjr8299
    @ronaldhartfordjr8299 Рік тому +5

    I’m facing pancreatic cancer and this story is beautiful something drew me to this video and I’m glad I watched it. Kara you are in this cancer club although not wanted and that makes us family as fighters and I know one day I’ll see you there with Jesus too. I am scared of this journey.

    • @ms.savagepbytheriver5066
      @ms.savagepbytheriver5066 Рік тому +1

      Bless you. In my prayers. Positive thinking. Positive heart.

    • @ronaldhartfordjr8299
      @ronaldhartfordjr8299 Рік тому

      @@ms.savagepbytheriver5066 thank you so much that helps so much. God bless you too. You and your family are in my prayers too.

    • @standup2982
      @standup2982 11 місяців тому

      ​@@ronaldhartfordjr8299thinking of you and sending love from the UK 🇬🇧 ❤

  • @Anastashya
    @Anastashya Рік тому +12

    My deepest condolences to Kara’s family. May she rest in peace with the angels 🕊️ ❤🕊️

  • @georginadominguez7113
    @georginadominguez7113 Рік тому +2

    Sometimes on this world good people have to die, to get other people close to God. bless this family GOD.🙏🕊️💖

  • @jovitavillalpando9127
    @jovitavillalpando9127 10 місяців тому +3

    Cancer is a curse! How can it be a blessing when you die your kids will be motherless and they are so young! How is that a blessing ?? God loves you and your children will be given grace to go thru this

  • @TeeNicole10
    @TeeNicole10 Рік тому +3

    I have always thought God and l had a very strong relationship sometimes he had to sit me down to focus back on my relationship with him and I have been through some hard things in my life BUT GOD HAS ALWAYS KEPT ME🙌🏻🙏🏻

  • @carlettelynch7859
    @carlettelynch7859 Рік тому +5

    What a beautiful soul, and her family!!! So much braver than I could ever be. Healing love to the family...❤❤❤❤

  • @karagrace3221
    @karagrace3221 Рік тому +6

    What an incredible story of the fragility of life, but also of incredible grace and love ❤️

  • @deejohnson2352
    @deejohnson2352 Рік тому +8

    I was just diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer I'm waiting on my 2nd opinion appointment the hospital basically said we're not sure but my hospitalist wrote it in my discharge summaries I'm going to fight hard I want to see my grandson grow up

    • @CHELSEABuckhannon
      @CHELSEABuckhannon 8 місяців тому +1

      AMEN ❤❤❤❤ you will be okay sweetheart ❤❤❤❤

  • @richardhutchison3123
    @richardhutchison3123 Рік тому +12

    This was so beautiful. It really touched my heart, especially since I am battling AML Acute Myeloid Leukemia. It has made my close walk with Jesus even closer every day. RIP Kara. Prayers for all of your family, friends and yes even fans.

  • @annagarza7299
    @annagarza7299 Рік тому +9

    Our son was 7 yrs old when he was diagnosed with cancer osteosarcoma 😭💔 when the dr told me I fell to my knees and I was by myself he had to drive me home and had to tell my husband I knew that day that the life we knew was gone … we also had a 6 yr old daughter so when he was in the hospital we took turns someone was home with sissy and someone was in the hospital with mg we worked as a team but my faith was tested as was our marriage 😞 walking the cancer floor and looking at so many kids SUFFERING just blew my faith what hod would make so many BABIES KIDS TEENAGERS suffer through so much and most of them dying I can’t look at life like I used too 😞 your story is courageous everyone deals with stressful situations differently I hope your children remember all the good memories of you ❤️ Kara tried to talk Brittany out of dying before her time Brittany wanted to die on her terms but Kara felt differently all I can say is that Kara might think differently if she had to watch her child SUFFER through chemo operations (to cut a leg off) and many more things doctor screw ups ! I am pretty sure she would not have done well watching one of her kids suffer ! A person should never judge someone else’s decision!

    • @battybethc8061
      @battybethc8061 Рік тому +2

      Truth! 💯%! Different people, different faiths, beliefs, families, different fates everything different! It what makes people all unique and the world so beautiful! 💙💛

  • @lisamcilvainartpage8838
    @lisamcilvainartpage8838 Рік тому +45

    I admire how Kara handled herr diagnosis and how she made her time with her family matter. I know this is unpopular but I have to say I think it was incredibly selfish for her to get involved with Brittany’s story. Brittany obviously put a lot of thought into her decision, it wasn’t done on a whim. Peoples beliefs are different and we are all entitled to our own.

    • @erselley9017
      @erselley9017 Рік тому +20

      I thought that too. I think all Britney wanted was the opportunity to control the situation she was in. She didn't ask people to do that themselves but all she asked for was the legal opportunity to choose the way she could die. She didn't choose cancer. Cancer chose her and she just wanted some control. Sometimes I wonder if Kara thought how she would have felt if Britney addressed her publicly and told her she was making a grave mistake by choosing to fight until the end. I believe Kara was very genuine in her beliefs and just didn't realize how that would come across and I thought the fact that Britneys mother took the time to reach out to her privately versus publicly like she did made a difference with Kara because I don't recall ever hearing her mention Britney or the conversation she had with her mother ever again. I 100 percent believe Kara's choice to fight until the end was exactly the right decision for her and her family but that doesn't mean it was the right one for Britney and her family.

    • @sterlingmatsui154
      @sterlingmatsui154 Рік тому +8

      As a Christian, I absolutely agree with your comment♡~I truly do believe GOD gives us each a will to make our OWN decisions in this lifetime☆!!

    • @tanyamartin1183
      @tanyamartin1183 Рік тому +11

      I believe that everyone's story and will to carry on are different and that is ok. What works for some will not work for others, but there is always space for conversation .

    • @sonyaskogstad3849
      @sonyaskogstad3849 Рік тому +8

      I agree as we must do our own journeys and let others do their own

    • @offwitmelkychrms
      @offwitmelkychrms Рік тому +7

      The Bible says that we do not get to choose when we leave this world, she was just sharing her beliefs to try and help this other woman. I don’t think it was selfish at all.

  • @southerngrits
    @southerngrits Рік тому +6

    I lost my husband to Cancer . He had 2 weeks to live . I never left his side . Charrish the time you have with your love ones .

  • @Elly-caitlin93
    @Elly-caitlin93 Рік тому +5

    She has one of the most beautiful smiles I've ever seen!❤

  • @rebecavizcarra2895
    @rebecavizcarra2895 Рік тому +3

    I"m balling! thank you for sharing her story. continuous healing to the family

  • @lukapopovic6668
    @lukapopovic6668 Рік тому +6

    and Jesus said to her :"I am the resurrection and the life, the one who believes in me will live, even though they die. "
    Rest in peace Kara, May God receive your soul and bless your loved ones

  • @Kayrunningandcoffeeaddict
    @Kayrunningandcoffeeaddict 6 місяців тому +1

    I'm only 25 min in...already feeling so heartbroken for this sweet lady and her family. I had Stage 3 breast cancer...it'll be 8 years in April as I was dx April 2016. Chemo, radiation, double mastectomies. I threw myself into working out - especially cardio. And, am now an ultramarathon-runner. But - the fear of stage 4 - is always there. F*ck I hate cancer.

  • @aaknrbc
    @aaknrbc Рік тому +4

    I honestly cried throughout most of this. My mother died of cancer back in 2015. This story touched me.❤😢 thanks for sharing.

  • @mrsgingernoisette
    @mrsgingernoisette Рік тому +4

    She was a lucky human, loved and be loved, had beautiful kids, had a loving partner by her side. I dont understand why is this not enough of a prize that we have to invent gods and jesuses and heavens. If there would have been a savior, he would save her. I know it's hard to not to cling onto some belief system.. but in the end, noone is letting us know where they went.

    • @melaniedowning8421
      @melaniedowning8421 Рік тому

      You too will understand one day. Every knee will bow one day.

    • @mrsgingernoisette
      @mrsgingernoisette 11 місяців тому

      I'm ok with dying, dying makes our life precious. And we see little deaths everyday, when the fall comes it means the summer died. I'm not coming from a place of arrogance, I am just not understanding the greed of an eternal afterlife -that we have no real info about except we know even Egyptians dreamt about.. @@melaniedowning8421

  • @bobs1356
    @bobs1356 Рік тому +3

    I know she wrote a letter to tell her not to take her life, but if someone doesn't have to go through the pain at the end then she should have that choice.

    • @deborahpaxton2574
      @deborahpaxton2574 Рік тому +1

      I agree she was not married , had kids and no one knows how much pain she was going through. I believe people who have brain cancer suffer in different ways and I believe the pain was to much for her to bear. I agree the choose she made was hers to make alone and she made it.

  • @bobbiejoyce1402
    @bobbiejoyce1402 Рік тому +10

    I am so excited about this video. I read her books a couple of years ago. She was so courageous. She showed that our Joy from Jesus is truly our strength.

  • @2bnew517
    @2bnew517 Рік тому +3

    "I know there'll be grace for us to walk in it." ❤

  • @onk8930
    @onk8930 Рік тому +4

    The most important thing in life is to have a husband so loving and supportive ❣️❣️😢😢

  • @bobs1356
    @bobs1356 Рік тому +3

    I am surprised people from her church didn't come to help her with the house. Or maybe they did and didn't know it.

  • @bobs1356
    @bobs1356 Рік тому +3

    Britney had no children, it was easier for her to end her life, and I can understand if you don't have to suffer the pain at the end u can understand.

    • @Walkingb82
      @Walkingb82 Рік тому +1

      I agree. I believe no one should judge what a person wants to do about death or life. I respect both Kara and Brittany point of views. Brittany wanted to start a family and just couldn’t.

  • @Cindy-lo6zz
    @Cindy-lo6zz Рік тому +3

    She was a true godly woman. That's how God wants everyone to be like. Love others show compassion. Iam glad I watched this.

  • @Jazz1959
    @Jazz1959 Рік тому +4

    Kare what a beautiful soul. Her story is so inspiring. Rest in internal peace Kara. You were so brave. My heart goes out to Kara husband and family.

  • @thehonestesthetician5856
    @thehonestesthetician5856 Рік тому +2

    What a beautiful story, I am forever moved and will try harder to find the joy in everything. I know the Lords blessings are upon this sweet family.

  • @lindamessmer4257
    @lindamessmer4257 11 місяців тому +3

    My mom died of cancer, stage 4, vulva cancer. She was my best friend. Can’t wait to see her again in heaven. Thank you Jesus ❤

  • @sondracumberland912
    @sondracumberland912 Рік тому +2

    I wish I could have known her. Thank you for sharing this beautiful story

  • @CptBlysWife93
    @CptBlysWife93 Рік тому +3

    What an amazing, strong, brave, loving, giving, kind, beautiful, and caring women, wife, sister, mother, daughter, cousin, grand-daughter, and friend!
    I would imagine how incredibly difficult it would be to face this journey, but then to do it in front of the camera I would think would make that much more. You can tell she felt called to show how to walk this journey with questions, grace, mercy, sadness, curiosity, happiness, love, understanding, and incredible strength. She was and is an inspiration to so many and has surely helped those walking a similar journey out there. I am sure she has lead several to find and accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior and the promise of eternal life in the Kingdom of Heaven.
    May God bless and keep you and your family. 🫂🙏🏻 Thanks to Kara for sharing her light with the World! Be free to soar high you beautiful angel. ❤️🙏🕊️🌌

  • @MAvila744
    @MAvila744 Рік тому +4

    What an absolutely beautiful testament to her Kara’s love and trust in God. She was a beautiful person. I am glad I was able to see this video. RIP dear Kara. Jesus welcomed you into His Heavenly Kingdom.

  • @abby4-m4p
    @abby4-m4p Рік тому +3

    It helps me to know that "Life is a journey, not a destination."

  • @garrieleepeck8753
    @garrieleepeck8753 Рік тому +4

    Made a grown man cry .brave beautiful women .and family x

  • @josiedickson6959
    @josiedickson6959 Рік тому +14

    I have just come across this documentary in 2022 ,December, Thank you for this dear Kara and your dear hubby and darling children. Absolutely superb ..How much Jesus loves you and your family.. what a legacy for your children and friends and family ...

  • @betty1631
    @betty1631 Рік тому +3

    Amazing, strong woman in Christ. Her family are blessed to have an amazing mom and wife.

  • @ocodeskamcdbsm
    @ocodeskamcdbsm Рік тому +3

    Im so sorry for all her friends and family. I sadly take no comfort from the message of faith and God during a terminal diagnosis. I am in no way disrespecting anyone's beliefs or anyone's cancer journey. I am only speaking of the journey of my late wife. We spent 2years begging Drs to listen to our concerns but got no where. I was a medical professional so i know all the symptoms but couldn't convince Drs that something was seriously wrong. New years morning 2016, i got my wife to hospital, who was very weak and still had a fight to get them to listen but eventually they did. my wife's first diagnosis was a terminal diagnosis. After the initial shock, anger and tears. I walked outside the room to have a cry without upsetting my wife and met a nurse who remembered me from a previous ER visit and asked what was wrong. I told her and she comforted me but was also very angry because she tried fighting for us when we were in the last time.
    I can honestly say, My Faith in God severely diminished after that day and hasnt really returned. From then on we got all the help and support we needed. We brought our wedding forward. My wife passed away 58 days after our wedding and it was a cruel and painful death.
    They could never fully decide where her primary was because it had spread so much but more than likely it was ovarian. My wife's 7th anniversary is in a few weeks and i am still angry with her Drs and im still angry with God. My wife was a beautiful human with such a caring soul and a heart as big as anyone i have ever met but yet God decided she didn't deserve to have a peaceful, death. There are people in society who are the worst humans on this earth, who do horrific things to other innocent people and get to have peaceful, pain free deaths but innocent people dont get that and only get suffering. My question is and has been, what kind of God allows innocent people to suffer.
    Again im not trying to disrespect anyone's faith or journey, i am only speaking about my and my wife's journey with terminal cancer.

  • @lineprestkvrn9014
    @lineprestkvrn9014 Рік тому +6

    Crying hard. Bless her memory and her family and friends. ❤️🇧🇻

  • @joyce_915
    @joyce_915 Рік тому +1

    What an amazing, beautiful, graceful woman! Her light, my Lord, a reflection of your love. 🙏 May I learn to live my life so authentically! Thank you for sharing her story.