In Loving Memory of Jessica Patterson

[aloegirl]

Hi everyone,

I haven't been on CM for a while.   My dear friend Jes passed away last week. I've been helping her family  with preparations and trying to get the word out about her foundation.   I'm finally back to work this week.  It would mean a lot to me if you guys could read her story and pass it along to your friends, moms, sisters, anyone.

 Jessica was born February 26th, 1979 and passed away on February 15th, 2010. She was survived by 2 children Rachel and Ethan, her loving partner Jaclyn and all of those who will remember the wonderful person that she was. No matter her faults, Jes always stood for what she believed in, even when no one else did. She saw good in others that no one would even take notice in.  She was stronger than most and faced her own mortality with a courage that most of us lack in life. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007 at the tender age of 27. She fought a long, hard battle that many of us will be blessed to never know, but it is important that we acknowledge what she went through and the disease that she fought so long and hard only to surrender to its physical decay.   Jessica did not lose the battle, she won the hearts of everyone that has ever crossed her path and she will be remembered and revered as an icon of hope for the survivors of women who have passed with this terrible disease that doctors say she was too young to die from. Her life may have been short, but in her death, she has become a warrior for young women diagnosed with Breast Cancer, and a Hero to her children 

 

Big City was introduced to Jessica in October of 2009.  They had been struggling to find a Breast Cancer Charity that would be willing to work with a burlesque troop and decided just to send the proceeds of their picture sales to whichever charity Jessica chose.    When asked where she wanted the proceeds from the sales of her pictures to go, she said "I want the money to go to the kids who have lost a mom to Breast Cancer". As it turns out, there is no such foundation.  There are plenty of Scholarship Foundations for colleges, but nothing to help a child overcome the emotional damage caused by watching a parent waste away to cancer.  The Jessica Patterson Foundation was created to do just that.  The proceeds from the sales of the entire Pink Ribbon Series, will go to help support the emotional and financial needs of children who have lost a parent or loved one to Cancer.  

Visit   Dim Horizon Studio to see her pics

http://dimhorizonstudio.com/wordpress/2010/02/22/jessica-nicole-patterson/

Thanks so much 

[r00j04j08]

Feb. 23, 2010 at 12:17 PM

my heart to your friend!.. I hate when the doctors say well your only __ so breast cancer can't happen to you

[aloegirl]

Feb. 23, 2010 at 12:20 PM

The sad part is that the government is backing them up on it.  I

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